Treated drug use in the greater Dublin area 1990
| dc.contributor.author | O'Hare, Aileen | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Brien, Mary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-23T08:59:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-23T08:59:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0951791335 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/249846 | |
| dc.description | The findings from this study refer to treated drug misuse and are based on information from a reporting system on clients who received treatment for their problem drug taking in 1990, and who resided in the greater Dublin area. Treatment was provided by a range of statutory and voluntary treatment centres considered representative of drug treatment availability in the catchment area. The main findings were: - An estimate of 1752 persons received treatment for drug misuse in 1990; - The estimated number who entered treatment for the first time ever was 574; - Seventy four percent of clients were male; - Most clients, 95%, were between 15 and 39 years old; - Half lived with their family of origin; - One third resided in the inner city area; - Forty four percent had left school before the official school leaving age of 15, women proportionally more so than men; - Eight out of ten clients were unemployed; - In 80% of cases an opiate was the primary drug of misuse, chiefly heroin; - The majority, 68%, had injected their primary drug; - Slightly more than half the study population had been misusing their primary drug for five or more years; - Of those who had ever injected their drugs 65% were currently injecting, but only 17% were currently sharing, and - Proportionally more women than men were living with a drug misusing partner, and also more women than expected were sharing injecting equipment. | en_GB |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Health Research Board (HRB) | en_GB |
| dc.subject | DRUGS MISUSE | en_GB |
| dc.title | Treated drug use in the greater Dublin area 1990 | en_GB |
| dc.type | Report | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-23T00:12:09Z |
