Table 2 Perceived fentanyl contamination, drug use, and drug treatment among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, MD (N = 203)
From: Fentanyl-contaminated drugs and non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, MD
Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Perceived fentanyl contamination | ||
“When you inject drugs, how often do you think it is laced with fentanyl?” | ||
Never or rarely | 60 | 29.9 |
Half to all the time | 107 | 53.2 |
Do not know | 34 | 16.9 |
Drug use, past 6 months | ||
Injected: | ||
Heroin alone | 188 | 93.1 |
Speedball (heroin and cocaine) | 132 | 65.4 |
Cocaine alone | 117 | 57.9 |
Prescription opioids | 25 | 12.4 |
Smoked crack cocaine | 112 | 55.2 |
Snorted/smoked heroin | 74 | 36.6 |
Swallowed or snorted prescription opioids* | 59 | 29.2 |
Swallowed buprenorphine/Suboxone* | 54 | 26.6 |
Swallowed benzodiazepines* | 62 | 30.7 |
Drug treatment, past 12 months | ||
Outpatient treatment | 66 | 32.5 |
Inpatient hospital | 17 | 8.4 |
Inpatient rehabilitation | 16 | 7.9 |