Table 11

Initiations of Other Illegal Drugs by Gender (N=2464). Similarly, although women consistently tried all agents somewhat less often than men, the close parallels and internal consistency suggests the data are reliable.

Male

Female

Psilocybin

74.31%

62.41%

LSD

60.06%

57.54%

P/M

30.93%

28.17%

Coke

67.32%

65.85%

Meth

44.82%

44.01%

MDMA

41.61%

37.57%

Heroin

15.86%

12.32%

O'Connell and Bou-Matar Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4:16   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-4-16