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NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

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Title

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

Collection

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT

Date

2011

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80

Language

English

Subject

Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals

Publisher name

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Place of publication

Sydney (N.S.W)

ISBN

9780733430206

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Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610318

Page content

74 6.4.2 Location of injections Consistent with previous years, the vast majority (92%) reported a private home as the last location for injecting drugs (Table 55). Table 55: Proportion of participants reporting last location for injection in the month preceding interview, 2007-2011 2007 N=106 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 Private home 96 98 90 92 92 Street/carpark/beach 2 1 2 2 3 Other public area - 0 3 0 0 Car 0 1 0 2 3 Public toilet 1 0 2 2 1 Other 1 0 0 2 1 Source: IDRS participant interviews Ninety-five percent of participants sourced needles from an NSP in the six months prior to interview, continuing the trend observed in previous years (Table 56). Table 56: Source of needles in last six months, 2008-2011 (%) Needle source 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 NSP 93 95 98 95 NSP vending machine 0 1 0 0 Chemist 5 4 0 3 Partner 0 0 0 2 Friend 10 0 4 4 Dealer 5 0 0 0 Hospital 0 0 0 0 Outreach/peer worker 0 0 0 0 Other 1 0 0 1 Source: IDRS participant interviews Table 57 shows that over two-thirds of the sample identified an arm as the last injection site, injecting on a median of 14 occasions in past two weeks. Participants obtained a median of 50 needles/syringes on a median of 2 occasions in the past two weeks. Table 57: Injection site and needle use characteristics, 2011 Last site of injection (%) n=95 Arm 68 Leg 10 Hand 10 Foot 7 Groin 3 Neck 1 Other 1 Median times injected last 2 weeks 14 Median times obtained needles/syringes last 2 weeks 2 Median no. of needles/syringes obtained last 2 weeks 50