Identifying barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among People Who Use Drugs in Canada: a National Qualitative Study

Table 2 Current substance use among study participants

‘Stimulants’ primarily included uppers such as cocaine, crack-cocaine, amphetamines and methamphetamine/crystal meth; ‘Opioids’ primarily included downers including both illicit and pharmaceutical opioids such as hydromorphone, heroin, and fentanyl, but excluded references to OAT such as Suboxone or methadone; ‘Polysubstance’ use included reference to using two categories of substances, as well as using speedballs (a combination of stimulants and opioids). ‘Not specified’ included references made by participants to using a variety of unspecified substances

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