Lifetime crack-cocaine injection was correlated with using shooting galleries, initiating others into drug injection, and having serologic evidence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection.Ĭrack-cocaine injection may be a marker for high-risk behaviors that can be used to direct efforts to prevent HIV and other blood-borne viral infections. At four sites where crack-cocaine injection prevalence was greater than 10%, recent (past 6 months) crack-cocaine injection was correlated with recent daily injection and sharing of syringes, equipment, and drug solution. Cocaine is an illicit drug that can come in the form of powder or rock, also known as crack cocaine.

No participants injected only crack-cocaine. This finding points to the urgent need for evidence-based public health initiatives targeted at people who smoke crack cocaine. She was fair skinned, tall, y Continue Reading Anonymous 3 y You just do like you're turning powder into crack. Smoking of crack cocaine was found to be an independent risk factor for HIV seroconversion among people who were injection drug users. But if you smoke or inject powdered cocaine, it is just as addictive as smoking crack. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy: Vol. Crack is then broken down and used intravenously. Two professionals compare crack addiction and cocaine addiction. Crack-cocaine injection: A retrospective analysis of clients in Merseyside specialist drug treatment agencies. Prevalence varied considerably by site (range, 1.5-28.0%). Anyway, crack cocaine isn't cooked up and injected. We analyzed data from the second Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study (CIDUS II), a 1997-1999 cohort study of 18-30-year-old, street-recruited injection drug users from six US cities.Ĭrack-cocaine injection was reported by 329 (15%) of 2198 participants.

We estimated prevalence and identified correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States.

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