Table 2:
Substance use behaviors reported by patients at a drug detoxification (n=24)
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Drug use, past 3 months (categories are not mutually exclusive) | |
| Crack (“snow”) | 18 (75) |
| Marijuana (“pot, 420”) | 17 (70.8) |
| Alcohol | 16 (66.6) |
| Heroin | 16 (66.6) |
| Cocaine | 16 (66.6) |
| Downers or sedatives (Valium, Xanax) | 12 (50) |
| Crystal methamphetamine (“speed, ice, tina”) | 7 (29.2) |
| Prescribed painkillers | 7 (29.2) |
| Street methadone | 3 (12.5) |
| Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra | 1 (4.2) |
| Other drugs NOT prescribed to participant4 | 5 (20.8) |
| Frequency of drug injection, past 6 months | |
| 4 or more times a day everyday | 7 (29.2) |
| 2 to 3 times a day everyday | 3 (12.5) |
| Once a day everyday | 1 (4.2) |
| 2 to 6 days a week | 1 (4.2) |
| Less than once a month | 1 (4.2) |
| Not injected in past month | 4 (16.7) |
| Never injected in lifetime | 7 (29.2) |
| Any distributive or receptive syringe sharing, past month | 7 (29.2) |
| Number of people with whom participant shared injection paraphernalia (cookers, cottons, rinse water), past month | |
| 0 | 17 (70.8) |
| 1–2 | 5 (20.8) |
| ≥3 | 2 (8.3) |
1
Benzodiazepine 2; methamphetamine 1; buprenorphine 2; alprazolam 2