A matter of life and death: substance-caused and substance-related fatalities in Ibiza in 2015.

Autor: Santacroce R; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy.; Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK., Ruiz Bennasar C; Instituto de Medicina Legal de Las Illes Balears, Subdirección de Ibiza, Spain., Sancho Jaraiz JR; Instituto de Medicina Legal de Las Illes Balears, Subdirección de Ibiza, Spain., Fiori F; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy., Sarchione F; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy., Angelini F; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy., Catalano G; Libera Università degli Studi Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy., Carenti ML; Libera Università degli Studi Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy., Corkery JM; Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK., Schifano F; Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK., Di Giannantonio M; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy., Martinotti G; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti, Italy.; Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Human psychopharmacology [Hum Psychopharmacol] 2017 May; Vol. 32 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 18.
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2592
Abstrakt: Objectives and Methods: In the framework of the EU-funded project "EU-Madness," we collected and analysed all the reports of fatalities directly or indirectly related to substances of abuse registered in Ibiza from January to September 2015, in order to analyse the characteristics of the sample, the identified substances, and the nature of deaths associated with their consumption.
Results: A significant increase of substance-caused deaths with respect to the previous 4 years has been highlighted. Most of the subjects were young males, more than half were not Spanish. Males prevailed also amongst the victims of traffic accidents and suicides. The most commonly involved substances included MDMA, alcohol, cocaine, THC, opiates and prescription drugs.
Conclusions: Although the use of NPS is rapidly increasing in Europe, according to the results from our sample, alcohol and well-known stimulants (MDMA and cocaine) are still the substances of abuse mainly involved in the cases of substance-caused and substance-related fatalities. The significant increase of fatalities in Ibiza in the last 5 years is an issue that must be taken into account and should be better investigated, as other theories besides NPS-increased diffusion should be proposed, and therefore, targeted prevention strategies should be designed.
(Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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