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6. DRUG OF IMPACT
As shown in figure 8, of the 168 clients seen, the predominant drug of impact was ganja
with 156 (93.0 per cent) identifying this as their drug of choice. There were seven clients
[two from Clarendon, three from St. Catherine, one from St. James and one from Kingston
and St. Andrew) whose drug of impact was alcohol. Only five persons had their drug of
impact as tobacco.
7. POLYSUBSTANCES
Poly-substance use refers to the simultaneous use of more than one substance by an
individual. Clients and use a secondary substance with the primary drug of impact. Figure
9 shows that 53.0 per cent (89) of the total number of clients seen are poly-users with
tobacco being the most predominant polysubstance used. The parish with the highest
number of poly-users is St. Catherine at 37. The fact that St. Catherine is the only parish with
poly-users in all three substance categories is noteworthy.
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