Research Article

Controlling Chaos: The Perceptions of Long-Term Crack Cocaine Users in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Table 1

Demographic information of study participants*.

VariableTotals (%) = 31

Sex (%)
 Female21 (67.7)
 Male10 (32.3)
Age years
 Mean (range)47.15 (27–64)
Ethnicity (%)
 Caucasian11 (35.5)
 Aboriginal19 (61.3)
 Other1 (3.2)
Duration of crack use years
 Mean (range)10.4 (3–25)
Injection drug use (%)
 Currently use26 (83.9)
 Ever used injection drugs31 (100)

Four focus groups were conducted at a support agency for people who use drugs (2 male, both ; 2 female, both ). Two focus groups were conducted at a multiservice centre for women in survival sex work ( , ).