Black males are more likely to overdose on heroin (29.2%), while Black female acute reactions occur most frequently from the ingestion of tranquilizers (27.4%). 13. There exist several different race-sex patterns for the abuse of the various substances (e.g., heroin, hallucinogens, sedatives...
Many have a substance abuse history: 62% have used cocaine, 63% have used marijuana, 25% have used heroin, 21% have used hallucinogens, and 15% have used amphetamines. Approximately one woman in three has engaged in sex work or survival sex and more than half (52%) have had an STD ...
The most frequently used substances in the last month prior to the current admission included alcohol (n = 115), cocaine (n = 59), cannabis (n = 31), benzodiazepines (n = 20), opioids (n = 5), hallucinogens (n = 3), and amphetamines (n = 1). In the whole sample, 24 patients...