Kirtadze Irma, Otiashvili David, O'Grady Kevin, Zule William, Krupitsky Evgeny, Wechsberg Wendee, Jones Hendrée
a Senior Researcher, Alternative Georgia-Addiction Research Center , Tbilisi , Georgia.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 Jan-Mar;47(1):71-9. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2014.990174.
This study describes the initiation and maintenance of illicit drug use, risky behaviors, and the substance use treatment experiences of women in Georgia. Qualitative interviews with 55 drug-using women (mean age 36 years; SD = 9.52), were conducted during April-September 2011. Participants presented diverse histories of drug use initiation and substance use, risky behaviors, and drug treatment participation. All participants reported concurrent use of different substances, including home-produced injection preparations. Women described their experiences of both the positive and negative effects (physical and psychological) that they attributed to their use of drugs. Findings enrich our understanding of the environment in which substance use is initiated and maintained in a female population in Georgia, and illustrate the importance of culture and the role of social factors in the development of injection drug use. Results can provide direction for tailoring the development of interventions for substance use disorders, public policy discussions regarding the treatment of women who use drugs, and future research on substance use among women in Georgia and other post-Soviet nations.
本研究描述了佐治亚州女性非法药物使用的起始与维持情况、危险行为以及药物使用治疗经历。2011年4月至9月期间，对55名吸毒女性（平均年龄36岁；标准差=9.52）进行了定性访谈。参与者呈现出不同的药物使用起始史、物质使用情况、危险行为以及药物治疗参与情况。所有参与者均报告同时使用多种不同物质，包括自制注射制剂。女性描述了她们所认为的吸毒带来的正面和负面（生理和心理）影响。研究结果丰富了我们对佐治亚州女性群体中物质使用起始与维持环境的理解，并阐明了文化的重要性以及社会因素在注射吸毒发展中的作用。研究结果可为针对物质使用障碍的干预措施制定、关于吸毒女性治疗的公共政策讨论以及佐治亚州和其他后苏联国家女性物质使用的未来研究提供指导。
