The other group of participants comprised 127 PWSP, whose problematic substance use was detected at three types of organizations considered to be entry points to services for PWSP (hospital emergency departments, the criminal court and Local Community Service Centers). In order to gain an extensive description of the sample, alcohol and drug use severity had been assessed with the DEBA-Alcool/Drogues questionnaire (Tremblay, Rouillard, & Sirois, 2004) described below. Specifically, more than 49% of the participants have an alcohol dependency. Harmful use of cannabis (64%), cocaine (54%), other stimulants (35%) and prescription drugs (23%) is also prevalent in this group.
As shown in table 2, 47.2% (N=60) people were recruited in hospital
As shown in table 2, 47.2% (N=60) people were recruited in hospital