Table 2 Drug use practices among the study participants
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Type of drugs used in the past 3 months | |
Methamphetamines | 110 (72.8) |
Heroin | 60 (39.7) |
Other (ecstasy, sniffed glue, marijuana, etc.) | 5 (3.3) |
Mean duration of drug use (months, ±SD) | 103.8 ± 68.7 |
Mean age at first time of illicit drug use (years, ±SD) | 21.3 ± 6.5 |
Frequency of illicit drug in the past 3 months | |
Everyday | 77 (51.3) |
Almost everyday | 21 (14.0) |
A few times a month | 24 (16.0) |
A few times a week | 27 (18.0) |
People with whom you used drugs the last time | |
Alone | 47 (31.1) |
Friend | 82 (54.4) |
Sexual partner/sweetheart | 22 (14.5) |
Reason to led you try illicit drugs for the first time | |
I tried it by myself | 45 (29.8) |
Someone gave it to me or forced me to use it | 6 (4.0) |
Tried it with friends | 81 (53.6) |
Other | 19 (12.6) |
Injected drugs in the past 3 months | 57 (38.0) |
Used a used needle when injected drugs the last time (n = 57) | 14 (27.5) |
Shared needles at last drug injection (n = 57) | 8 (15.7) |
Perceived that needle/syringes are easy to find (n = 57) | 50 (87.7) |
Have been arrested for drug use or trafficking | 70 (46.4) |
Have ever been sent to a drug rehabilitation center | 83 (55.3) |
Have been sent to a rehabilitation center in the past 1 year | 33 (21.9) |
Had ever been incarcerated/imprisoned | 50 (33.1) |
Main cause of most recent incarceration/imprisonment | |
Drug use or possession | 11 (22.4) |
Drug-related crimes (e.g. theft) | 31 (63.3) |
Other crimes (non-drug related) | 7 (14.3) |