NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT
2011
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).
Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80
English
Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Sydney (N.S.W)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182
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73 6.4 Injecting risk behaviours 6.4.1 Sharing of injecting equipment among participants and related behaviours Eighteen percent of participants reported using some type of injecting equipment (other than needles) after someone else, a slight increase from 14% in 2010. Table 53 demonstrates that with the exception of sharing spoons/mixing containers, there was a low rate of using injecting equipment after someone else. Table 53: Proportion of participants reporting using injecting equipment after someone else in the month preceding interview, 2007-2011 2007 N=106 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 Spoons/mixing containers 30 21 36 13 15 Filters 13 9 23 1 4 Tourniquets 21 20 28 6 8 Water 13 10 22 1 1 Someone used needle after you 7 9 3 4 8 You used needle after someone 8 8 5 3 3 Source: IDRS participant interviews Table 54 shows that 28% of participants had reused their own needles at least once, a decrease from the 45% who reported re-using their own needles in 2010. Table 54: Reuse of own needles, 2008-2011 (%) Number of times 2008 N=98 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 No times 58 63 54 70 Once 5 12 16 11 Twice 13 11 14 9 3-5 times 13 8 12 7 6-10 times 5 2 2 1 More than 10 times 5 4 1 0 Source: IDRS participant interviews