Places and patterns of drug use in the Scottish dance scene (1996)

FRANÇAIS :
135 interviews ont été menées auprès des participants d'une soirée "rave" à Glasgow. Les produits utilisés ainsi que le contexte de consommation étaient très variables. Les amphétamines, les "acides" et l'ecstasy étaient les drogues les plus courantes, les produits pharmaceutiques l'étaient moins. Cependant certaines drogues comme le témazépam étaient parfois consommées avant ou après les soirées "rave". Ceci suggère que les usagers qui fréquentent ces soirées sont des polytoxicomanes qui peuvent connaître des situations de consommation beaucoup plus dangereuses.
ENGLISH :
Interviews were conducted with 135 participants in the Glasgow dance (rave) scene. Drug use in this group was varied and not merely restricted to drugs associated with dance events, such as MDMA (Ecstasy). The setting in which each drug was used varied greatly. Amphetamine, nitrites and Ecstasy were the drugs most commonly used at dance events. Pharmaceuticals were least likely to be used in such settings. However, some drugs, such as Temazepam, were sometimes used prior to or after attending rave events. It is suggested that dance drug users are polydrug users who use drugs in a setting specific fashion. As such it would be wrong to classify such users solely on the grounds of their very visible behaviour in the public arena (at dance events). Other forms of substance use engaged in by this group may have a greater potential for harm than that seen at raves. The implications of these findings are discussed.