Type of behavior | Value |
---|---|
Age of first drug use (median) | 15 |
Age of first injection (median) | 19 |
Interval between first drug use and first injection (mean) | 4.5 |
The types of first drug used (n(%))a | |
Cannabis | 86 (68.8) |
Alcohol | 112 (89.6) |
Khat | 97 (77.6) |
Kuba | 42 (33.6) |
Fuel (sniffing) | 8 (6.4) |
Heroin | 5 (4.0) |
Cocaine | 26 (20.8) |
The types of first drug injected, n(%) | |
Brown heroin | 76 (60.8) |
White heroin | 29 (23.2) |
Cocaine | 17 (13.6) |
Others | 3 (2.4) |
Place of first injection, n(%) | |
Ghetho/dungeon/hideout | 78 (62.4) |
My home | 3 (2.4) |
Supplier’s home/premise | 26 (20.8) |
Friend’s home | 11 (8.8) |
Others | 7 (5.6) |
Sharing practice | |
Shared injecting equipment during first injection | 106 (84.8) |
Reasons for transitioning | |
My friends were injecting | 59 (47.2) |
To achieve a greater/more effective high | 33 (26.4) |
Curiosity | 15 (12) |
Other | 18 (14.4) |