![]() The researchers analysed data from two surveys. The authors also noted geographical differences: for example, the age of participants who had recently injected drugs was youngest in the north-east of England, Lothian and Tayside, and oldest in London and the north-west of England. ![]() Rather, they are linked to the ageing of a cohort of young adults who began injecting drugs during an ‘epidemic’ of injection drug use in the 1980s and 1990s, with fewer young adults starting to inject in the years since. These increases in age are not due to the general ageing of the population. Based on survey data, the researchers concluded that the age of people currently injecting drugs, their age when they first started injecting drugs, and the number of years they had been injecting drugs have all increased. The median age of people who inject opiates and crack cocaine is increasing in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction.
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