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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Mar 18;222:108674. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108674

Table 2.

Frequency of substance misuse by opioid pain medication misuse among transgender people who use substances in the past 12 months (N = 384)

Total Opioid Pain Medication
No Yes P Value
N % N % N %
Opioid Pain Medication
 No 345 88.5 339 100.0 0 0.0 --
 Yes 45 11.5 0 0.0 45 100.0
Hazardous Drinking
 No 175 44.9 155 46.0 20 44.0 0.87
 Yes 209 53.6 184 54.0 25 56.0
Marijuana
 No 69 17.7 64 19.0 5 11.0 0.2
 Yes 315 80.8 275 81.0 40 89.0
Hallucinogens
 No 330 84.6 300 88.0 30 67.0 <.0001
 Yes 54 13.8 39 12.0 15 33.0
Club Drugs
 No 361 92.6 328 97.0 33 73.0 <.0001
 Yes 23 5.9 11 3.0 12 27.0
Methamphetamine
 No 366 93.8 331 98.0 35 78.0 <.0001
 Yes 18 4.6 8 2.0 10 22.0
Cocaine
 No 360 92.3 327 96.0 33 73.0 <.0001
 Yes 24 6.2 12 4.0 12 27.0
Crack
 No 374 95.9 337 99.0 37 82.0 <.0001
 Yes 10 2.6 2 1.0 8 18.0
Benzodiazepines
 No 338 86.7 316 93.0 22 49.0 <.0001
 Yes 46 11.8 23 7.0 23 51.0
Heroin
 No 375 96.2 337 99.0 38 84.0 <.0001
 Yes 9 2.3 2 1.0 7 16.0

Club Drugs = MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), also called Ecstasy and Molly; GHB (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate), also known as G and Liquid Ecstasy; and Ketamine, also known as Special K and K.