HEROIN ADDICTION AND
RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS

The official journal of
EUROPAD - European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association
WFTOD - World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU
Associate Editors:	Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway Pier Paolo Pani, MD - Cagliari, Italy, EU Marta Torrens, MD - Barcelona, Spain, EU
Statistical Editor:	Mario Miccoli, PhD - Pisa, Italy, EU

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Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems: 2012, 14, 3 (pages: 89 - 100)

The journey into injecting heroin use

Barry D., Syed H., Smyth B. P.

Summary: Drug injection carries with it many risks and it is therefore important to understand its origins. We interviewed 104 young opioid users with median age of 22 years. The median age of first opioid use was 16 years, this being heroin chasing in 91% of cases. Friends or sexual partners played an important role in both initial introduction to opiates and in the switch to injecting. Curiosity was the most important factor in first heroin use and the second most important factor, after escalating tolerance, in influencing the decision to first inject.

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HEROIN ADDICTION AND RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS

The official journal of EUROPAD - European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association WFTOD - World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU

Associate Editors:

Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway Pier Paolo Pani, MD - Cagliari, Italy, EU Marta Torrens, MD - Barcelona, Spain, EU

Statistical Editor:

Mario Miccoli, PhD - Pisa, Italy, EU