According to a survey on substance use in India between December 2017 and October 2018, heroin and buprenorphine was predominantly injected in the three months preceding the time of the survey. This was highest compared to other drugs at 46 percent each. More alarmingly, a substantial proportion of respondents reported risky injecting practices like sharing needles and syringes in the year before the survey was conducted.
Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018
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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India). (February 21, 2019). Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India). "Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018." Chart. February 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India). (2019). Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India). "Share of Predominant Drugs Injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India), Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Share of predominant drugs injected across India between December 2017 and October 2018 [Graph], Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India), February 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049735/india-predominant-drugs-injected-share/