Table 2 Drug used by the 295 participants of the project "Assessing HIV Oral Testing of Brazilian Drug Users".
From: Knowledge of AIDS and HIV transmission among drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Â | Use in life | Age of first time drug use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | mean | standard-deviation |
Alcohol | 287 | 97.61 | 14.6 | 3.5 |
Marijuana | 270 | 91.5 | 17.1 | 5.6 |
Crack | 57 | 19.3 | 25.22 | 9.8 |
Snorted cocaine | 199 | 67.5 | 18.4 | 5.9 |
Injected cocaine | 23 | 7.8 | 19.1 | 3.9 |
Snorted heroin | 15 | 5.1 | 20.22 | 4.6 |
Injected heroin | 6 | 2.0 | 18.62 | 4.4 |
Speedball (cocaine and heroin) | 8 | 2.7 | 20.3 | 5.7 |
Methamphetamine/amphetamine | 33 | 11.2 | 19.62 | 5.9 |
Anabolic steroids | 31 | 10.5 | 21.12 | 5.7 |
Ecstasy | 47 | 15.9 | 21.72 | 6.6 |
Inhalants | 180 | 61.0 | 19.32 | 7.9 |
LSD | 22 | 7.51 | 21.4 | 5.4 |
Barbituates (non-Rx) | 35 | 11.9 | 26.83 | 15.1 |
Benzodiazepines (non-Rx) | 25 | 8.5 | 24.14 | 8.0 |