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Article de Périodique
The first injection event: differences among heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and ketamine initiates (2010)
Auteur(s) :
LANKENAU, S. E. ;
WAGNER, K. D. ;
JACKSON BLOOM, J. ;
SANDERS, B. ;
HATHAZI, D. ;
SHIN, C.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
241-262
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
TRAJECTOIRE
;
INITIATION
;
HEROINE
;
METHAMPHETAMINE
;
COCAINE
;
KETAMINE
;
COMPARAISON
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
INJECTION
Résumé :
This article describes how the drug type injected at the first injection event is related to characteristics of the initiate, risk behaviors at initiation, and future drug-using trajectories. A diverse sample (n=222) of young injection drug users (IDUs) were recruited from public settings in New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles during 2004 and 2005. The sample was between 16 and 29 years old, and had injected ketamine at least once in the preceding two years. Interview data was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Young IDUs initiated with four primary drug types: heroin (48.6%), methamphetamine (20.3%), ketamine (17.1%), and cocaine (14%). Several variables evidenced statistically significant relationships with drug type: age at injection initiation, level of education, region of initiation, setting, mode of administration, patterns of self-injection, number of drugs ever injected, current housing status, and their hepatitis C virus (HCV) status. Qualitative analyses revealed that rationale for injection initiation and subjective experiences at first injection differed by drug type. [Author's abstract]