Use of and Attitudes Toward Club Drugs by Medical Students

Autor: Alex Horowitz, Helen Dermatis, Marc Galanter, John E. Franklin
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Students
Medical
Medical psychology
Substance-Related Disorders
N-Methyl-3
4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
education
Population
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Flunitrazepam
Dextromethorphan
Methamphetamine
Midwestern United States
Young Adult
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Sex Distribution
Psychiatry
Lysergic acid diethylamide
education.field_of_study
Illicit Drugs
business.industry
Public health
MDMA
Gamma hydroxybutyrate
General Medicine
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Hallucinogens
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Female
Ketamine
Club
Club drug
Sodium Oxybate
business
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
human activities
Anesthetics
Intravenous
medicine.drug
Zdroj: Journal of Addictive Diseases. 27:35-42
ISSN: 1545-0848
1055-0887
DOI: 10.1080/10550880802324705
Popis: This study assesses medical students' use of and attitudes towards club drugs, classified as "Generation I" (i.e., cocaine and lysergic acid diethylamide), and "Generation II" (i.e., methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA], ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyrate, methamphetamine, rohypnol, dextromethorphan) club drugs based on their initial widespread use in club settings. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to 340 medical students. The prevalence of any club drug use was 16.8%, with MDMA (11.8%) and cocaine (5.9%) the most commonly used. Results discussed also include the relationship of age and gender to having ever used club drugs and to their attitudes regarding use. Additionally, the study identifies differences in patterns of use and attitudes toward Generation I versus Generation II club drugs based on age, gender, and participants' prior club drug use. Findings are compared to those of earlier studies about medical students and those in a similar age group in the general population.
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