Table 2 Psychoactive drug substances consumed in the past month and administration route declared by PWUD
Category | Sub-category | At least once in the last month* | Main administration route* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Opioids | Heroin | 259 (46.8) | Sniffed | 176 (68.0) |
Smoked | 68 (26.3) | |||
Injected | 53 (20.5) | |||
Opium | 48 (8.7) | Smoked | 25 (52.1) | |
Sniffed | 14 (29.2) | |||
Rachacha** | 20 (3.6) | Ingested | 14 (70.0) | |
Synthetic opioids*** | 24 (4.3) | Sniffed | 9 (37.5) | |
Opioids diverted from their medical use | Methadone | 194 (35.0) | Ingested | 185 (95.4) |
Buprenorphine | 176 (31.8) | Ingested | 124 (70.5) | |
Sniffed | 49 (27.8) | |||
Injected | 46 (26.1) | |||
Analgesic opioids | 176 (31.8) | Ingested | 94 (53.4) | |
Injected | 80 (45.5) | |||
Cocaine | 405 (73.1) | Sniffed | 234 (57.8) | |
Injected | 142 (35.1) | |||
Free-base cocaine | 236 (42.6) | Smoked | 230 (97.5) | |
Stimulants | Amphetamines, MDMA | 214 (38.6) | Sniffed | 103 (48.1) |
Ingested | 145 (67.8) | |||
Methamphetamines | 119 (21.5) | Sniffed | 57 (48.0) | |
Injected | 38 (31.9) | |||
Smoked | 25 (21.0) | |||
Misused prescription drugs | Ketamine | 93 (16.8) | Sniffed | 74 (79.6) |
GBL/GHB | 19 (3.4) | Ingested | 15 (78.9) | |
Sleeping pills | 127 (22.9) | Ingested | 118 (92.9) | |
Methylphenidate | 81 (14.6) | Injected | 65 (80.2) | |
Hallucinogenic | 94 (17.0) | Ingested | 89 (94.7) | |
Solvents | 52 (9.4) | Inhaled | 35 (67.3) | |
Sniffed | 17 (32.7) | |||
Cathinone | 19 (3.4) | Sniffed | 9 (47.4) | |
Injected | 5 (26.3) | |||