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Trajectories of drug use among French young people: Prototypical stages of involvement in illicit drug use (2016)
Auteur(s) :
S. BAGGIO ;
S. SPILKA ;
J. STUDER ;
K. IGLESIAS ;
G. GMEL
Article en page(s) :
485-490
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
ESCAPAD
;
ADOLESCENT
;
TRAJECTOIRE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
ENQUETE
Organismes
OFDT
Résumé :
Aims: This study investigated patterns and trajectories of substance use, with a special focus on illicit drugs other than cannabis. It examined both patterns and trajectories of use among a general population-based sample.
Methods: We used data from the 2011 French ESCAPAD survey of French 17-year-olds to assess exposure and age of initiation of 14 licit and illicit drugs (N=23,882). Latent class analysis (LCA) and survival analyses were performed.
Results: The results of the LCA showed that patterns of illicit drug use clearly distinguished between two groups of other illicit drugs: 1) amphetamines/speed, cocaine, ecstasy/MDMA, magic mushrooms, poppers, and solvents; 2) crack/freebase, GHB/GBL, heroine, LSD, and ketamine. Survival analyses highlighted that trajectories involved the first group before the second one.
Conclusions: Prototypical drug use patterns and trajectories should include a distinction between two groups of illicit drugs. Preventive actions should focus on young people in their early teens, since very young users are more likely to progress to illicit drug use, and further studies should include this distinction instead of aggregating other illicit drugs into a single category.
Methods: We used data from the 2011 French ESCAPAD survey of French 17-year-olds to assess exposure and age of initiation of 14 licit and illicit drugs (N=23,882). Latent class analysis (LCA) and survival analyses were performed.
Results: The results of the LCA showed that patterns of illicit drug use clearly distinguished between two groups of other illicit drugs: 1) amphetamines/speed, cocaine, ecstasy/MDMA, magic mushrooms, poppers, and solvents; 2) crack/freebase, GHB/GBL, heroine, LSD, and ketamine. Survival analyses highlighted that trajectories involved the first group before the second one.
Conclusions: Prototypical drug use patterns and trajectories should include a distinction between two groups of illicit drugs. Preventive actions should focus on young people in their early teens, since very young users are more likely to progress to illicit drug use, and further studies should include this distinction instead of aggregating other illicit drugs into a single category.
Affiliation :
Life Course and Social Inequality Research Centre, University of Lausanne, Switzerland ; OFDT, France ; Alcohol Treatment Centre, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland ; Centre for the Understanding of Social Processes (MAPS), University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland ; Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland ; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK