Exploring what shapes injection and non-injection among a sample of marginalized people who use drugs

Few studies have specifically explored what influences people who use drugs to consume them in certain ways (i.e., smoking, injecting). While a great deal of research has examined the transition from non-injection to injection routes of drug administration, less is known about people who use drugs (PWUD) but have never injected or have stopped injecting. This paper draws on actor-network theory to explore what moves people to inject or not, among both people who currently smoke/sniff drugs (PWSD) and people who currently inject drugs (PWID), to better understand factors that shape/influence methods of drug consumption.

Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - April 24, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Andrew Ivsins, Samona Marsh Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research