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Table 2 Drug use patterns in the past 6 months (n = 72)

From: Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon

 

Number

Percent

Frequency of injection drug use

 Every day

41

57

 From time to time, not every week

13

18

 Once or twice a week

8

11

 Three to five times per week

10

14

Substances injected

 Crack cocaine

57

79

 Heroin

54

75

 Cocaine powder

31

43

 Benzodiazepine

11

15

 Buprenorphine

4

6

 Methadone

2

3

 Other

1

1

Sites used for consumption

 On the street

32

44

 In own home or friend’s home

30

42

 Open fields

19

26

 In public bathrooms

13

18

 In the car

9

13

 In abandoned buildings

6

8

 In occupied homes

4

6

 In improvised, user-managed rooms

3

4

 Other locations

2

3

 In temporary lodges

1

1