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It's a rave new world: estimating the prevalence and perceived harm of ecstasy and other drug use among club rave attendees
(C'est un nouveau monde pour les raves : estimation de la prévalence et des risques perçus de l'usage d'ecstasy et d'autres drogues parmi des personnes fréquentant des raves en club)
Auteur(s) :
YACOUBIAN, G. S. ;
BOYLE C. ;
HARDING, C. A. ;
LOFTUS E. A.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
187-196
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
15
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Education, 2003, 33, (2), 187-196
Note de contenu :
Tab.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy") appears to be increasing worldwide, with "rave" attendees being one high-risk population. To date, however, only one study has collected ecstasy use information from rave attendees in the United States. To address this limitation, we collected self report drug use information from 70 adult "club rave" attendees within the Baltimore-Washington corridor in April and May 2002. Data collection was scheduled between 12 A.M. and 5 A.M. Participation rates were high, with 85 percent of the club rave attendees completing the interview. Eighty-six percent of the respondents reported lifetime ecstasy use, 51 percent reported 30-day use, and 30 percent reported using ecstasy within the two days preceding the interview. While past-year ecstasy users were comparable to non-users with respect to a host of demographic and drug use variables, non-ecstasy users were significantly more likely than past-year users to perceive risks associated with the regular use of alcohol and ecstasy. Not surprisingly, non-ecstasy users were significantly more likely than past-year users to perceive harmful long-term physical and psychological effects associated with ecstasy ingestion. These findings suggest that rave attendees may be an important population for ecstasy-related prevention efforts. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
PIRE,11710 Beltsville Dr., Calverton, MD 200705-3102
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.