Table 1 Sample characteristics (n = 32)
Age | |
 Average (median) | 40 |
Homeless (past year) | |
 Yes | 26 |
 No | 6 |
Income generation (past 30Â days) | |
 Social assistance | 29 |
 Sex work | 15 |
 Theft | 11 |
 Drug selling | 9 |
 Recycling | 6 |
 Stipends from volunteering | 5 |
 Part-time employment | 3 |
 Other | 5 |
Substance use (past 30Â days) | |
 Crystal methamphetamine | 26 |
 Heroin | 20 |
 Fentanyl | 19 |
 Crack cocaine | 12 |
 Alcohol | 9 |
 Cocaine | 7 |
 Speedball | 5 |
 Prescription opioids (extra-medical) | 4 |
 Other | 4 |
Drug consumption method | |
 Smoke | 29 |
 Inject | 12 |
 Snort | 8 |
 Swallow | 5 |
Frequency of drug use | |
 Daily | 28 |
 Less than daily | 4 |
Overdose experience (past year) | |
 1 overdose | 3 |
 2 overdoses | 1 |
 3 or more overdoses | 6 |