Drug injection among street youth: the first time

Roy, Élise; Haley, Nancy; Leclerc, Pascale; Cédras, Lyne; Boivin, Jean‐François

doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00161.x

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“…Therefore, initiating injection drug use with ketamine occurred during a later stage of use or exploration compared to initiating with other street drugs. Nearly half of Ketamine Initiates self-injected at initiation -primarily via intramuscular injection -which is almost twice as great as the highest previously reported rate of self-injection at initiation (Roy et al, 2002). Intramuscular injections represented a less threatening and easier method of administrating ketamine compared to intravenous injections.…”

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“…First, the sampling methodology and enrollment criteria resulted in a sample primarily consisting of high-risk youth with extensive histories of homelessness, criminal justice involvement, mental health care, drug treatment, and polydrug use. This sample of high-risk youth should not be viewed as necessarily representative of ketamine injectors more broadly, but rather as a subgroup of the larger population of ketamine users (Degenhardt and Topp, 2003;Dillon et al, 2003;Jansen, 2001;Curran and Morgan, 2000;Dotson et al, 1995) and/or young injection drug users (Crofts et al, 1996;Fuller et al, 2001;Sherman et al, 2002;Roy et al, 2002;Miller et al, 2006). Second, while a majority of the injection events described during interviews occurred since 2002, some happened as far back as the early 1990s.…”

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“…Studies targeting young injection drug users (IDUs) have focused on factors associated with injection initiation (Fuller et al, 2001(Fuller et al, , 2002Roy et al, 2002;Sherman et al, 2002Sherman et al, , 2005 and the impact of injection initiation on future high-risk injection practices (Crofts et al, 1996;Miller et al, 2006;Novelli et al, 2005). However, these studies have not examined risk behaviors at injection initiation linked to a particular drug type.…”

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First injection of ketamine among young injection drug users (IDUs) in three U.S. cities

Lankenau¹,

Sanders²,

Bloom³

et al. 2007

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, has emerged as an increasingly common drug among subgroups of young injection drug users (IDUs) in cities across the United States. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 213 young IDUs aged 16-28 years recruited in New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2006. While some initiated injection drug use with ketamine, the drug was more frequently injected by IDUs with extensive polydrug using histories. IDUs initiating with ketamine commonly self-injected via an intramuscular mode of administration. The injection group provided crucial knowledge and material resources that enabled the injection event to occur, including ketamine, syringes, and injection skills. Injection paraphernalia was commonly shared during the first injection of ketamine, particularly vials of pharmaceutically-packaged liquid ketamine. Injection events infrequently occurred in a rave or club and more typically in a private home, which challenges ketamine's designation as a 'club' drug. The first injection of ketamine was a noteworthy event since it introduced a novel drug or new mode of administration to be further explored by some, or exposed others to a drug to be avoided in the future. Risk reduction messages directed towards young IDUs should be expanded to include ketamine.

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First injection of ketamine among young injection drug users (IDUs) in three U.S. cities

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Bloom³

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…43,44 Criteria for entry in the study, defined in collaboration with street youth agencies, were chosen to capture as much as possible the whole spectrum of street youths in Montreal. These criteria were being "street-active"; 14-25 years of age; English or French speaking; and being able to provide informed consent and to complete a questionnaire.…”

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Drug Injection Among Street Youths in Montreal: Predictors of Initiation

Roy

Haley

Leclerc

et al. 2003

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

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“…NPS,vol. 16, n o 2 grande majorité des recherches concernant la vie de rue dans les pays dits développés, principalement en Amérique du Nord, se font dans une perspective épidémiologique (Hagan et McCarthy, 1997 ;Roy et al, 2002). Cette perspective considère les jeunes de la rue comme un groupe à risque, qu'il s'agit d'éduquer, de réhabiliter ou de protéger.…”

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La sortie de la rue des jeunes à Montréal : processus ou objectif d’intervention ?

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2005

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Cet article prolonge les réflexions habituelles sur les jeunes de la rue en s’intéressant à une alternative possible à la vie de rue, c’est-à-dire à la sortie de la rue. Cette dernière est abordée en termes de processus dynamique et paradoxal, de passage d’un mode de vie (celui de la rue) à un autre. La perspective proposée invite à nuancer les approches en termes de délinquance ou de comportement à risque pour comprendre davantage le sens que le jeune, en tant qu’acteur, attribue à la vie de rue et au processus de sortie. Il s’agit de déplacer le discours sur la sortie de la rue, souvent perçue en termes de résultat (comme objectif d’intervention), en reconnaissant l’importante part de l’acteur dans ce processus.This article seeks to enrich the body of work surrounding street youth. It focuses on the alternative to street life : leaving the street, or “street exit”. Street exit is a dynamic and paradoxical process ; it is a pathway leading from street life to an alternative way of life. The perspective adopted in this paper moderates deviance – or risk-based approaches in order to explore street youth as actors, and to discuss the ways in which they experience street life and the exit process. The goal is to elevate the discourse associated with street exit, by moving away from a largely outcome-oriented focus, and placing greater emphasis on the individual as the main actor in the process of street exit

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Drug injection among street youth: the first time

Abstract: Most street youth used clean needles at first injection, but use of other clean injection materials was less frequent. Factors other than dependence appear to play a significant role in initiation into injection.

Cited by 84 publications

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First injection of ketamine among young injection drug users (IDUs) in three U.S. cities

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