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Table 2 Age at first use of drugs among respondents

From: Psychoactive substance use among first-year students in a Botswana University: pattern and demographic correlates

Age at first drug use in years, n (%)

Drugs

Frequency (N)

10 or less

11–14

15–18

19 or more

Tobacco

120

6 (5.0)

24 (20.0)

54 (45.0)

36 (30.0)

Alcohol

200

14 (7)

17 (8.5)

93 (46.5)

76 (38.0)

Cannabis

45

3 (6.7)

20 (44.4)

22 (48.9)

Cocaine

4

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

ATS

33

5 (15.2)

2 (6.1)

8 (24.2)

18 (54.5)

Inhalants

17

11 (64.7)

3 (17.6)

1 (5.9)

2 (11.8)

Benzodiazepines

6

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

3 (50.0)

Heroin

1

1 (100)

Codeine

6

1 (16.7)

3 (50.0)

2 (33.3)

LSD

1

1 (100)

  1. LSD lysergic acid diethylamide, ATS Amphetamine-type stimulants