My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India

Table 4 Drug use history by state

Variable	Total (n = 200)		Manipur (n = 100)		Nagaland (n = 100)		p value
	%	n	%	n	%	n
Drug use around the time of initiation into injecting drug use*
Alcohol	80.0	160	85.0	85	75.0	75	= 0.08
Marijuana	50.5	101	72.0	72	29.0	29	< 0.01
Heroin†	43.0	86	58.0	58	28.0	28	< 0.01
SP†	65.5	131	68.0	68	63.0	63	= 0.46
Cigarettes	86.5	173	95.0	95	78.0	78	< 0.01
Glue	22.0	44	34.0	34	10.0	10	< 0.01
Gutka (packaged paan)	62.5	125	63.0	63	62.0	62	= 0.88
Pills	50.0	100	67.0	67	33.0	33	< 0.01
Other‡	14.0	28	16.0	16	12.0	12	= 0.41
Drug use in the last six months*
Alcohol	59.5	119	67.0	67	52.0	52	= 0.03
Marijuana	38.0	76	59.0	59	17.0	17	< 0.01
Heroin†	57.0	114	72.0	72	42.0	42	< 0.01
SP†	82.0	164	75.0	75	89.0	89	= 0.01
Cigarettes	81.5	163	93.0	93	70.0	70	< 0.01
Glue	16.0	32	26.0	26	6.0	6	< 0.01
Gutka (packaged paan)	58.5	117	66.0	66	51.0	51	= 0.03
Pills	52.5	105	64.0	64	41.0	41	= 0.01
Other‡	14.5	29	24.0	24	5.0	5	< 0.01
Drug use in the last week*
Alcohol	66.0	33	35.0	35	31.3	31	= 0.58
Marijuana	22.0	44	38.0	38	6.1	6	< 0.01
Heroin†	44.5	89	61.0	61	28.3	28	< 0.01
SP†	65.0	130	59.0	59	71.7	71	= 0.06
Cigarettes	68.0	136	82.0	82	54.5	54	< 0.01
Glue	8.0	16	14.0	14	2.0	2	< 0.01
Gutka (packaged paan)	48.0	96	55.0	55	41.4	44	= 0.06
Pills	29.5	59	28.0	28	31.3	31	= 0.61
Other‡	9.0	18	17.0	17	1.0	1	< 0.01

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