Surveillance of drug use among young people attending a music festival in Australia, 2005-2008

Autor:	Megan S C, Lim, Margaret E, Hellard, Jane S, Hocking, Tim D, Spelman, Campbell K, Aitken
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Adult Male Adolescent Victoria Illicit Drugs Substance-Related Disorders Age Factors Australia Anniversaries and Special Events Young Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Risk-Taking Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Humans Female Music
Zdroj:	Drug and alcohol review. 29(2)
ISSN:	1465-3362
Popis:	In order to monitor trends in illicit drug use among youth, surveillance of drug use behaviours among a variety of populations in different settings is required. We monitored drug use among music festival attendees.Cross-sectional studies of young people's reported drug use were performed at a music festival in Melbourne from 2005 to 2008. Self-administered questionnaires collected information on drug use, demographics and other risk behaviour.From 2005 to 2008, over 5000 questionnaires were completed by people aged 16-29; 2273 men and 3011 women. Overall, use of any illicit drug in the past month was reported by 44%. After adjusting for demographic and behavioural characteristics, the prevalence of recent illicit drug use decreased significantly from 46% in 2005 to 43% in 2008 (OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.87-0.97). After adjusting for age and sex the downwards trend was repeated for amphetamines and cannabis, but a significant increase in prevalence was observed in hallucinogen, ecstasy and inhalant use. Drug use was more common among men, older participants and those engaging in high-risk sexual behaviour.Illicit drug use was much more common in this sample than in the National Drug Strategy Household survey, but the direction of trends in drug use were similar; drug use prevalences were much lower than in the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System, the Illicit Drug Reporting System or National Needle and Syringe Program Survey. Music festival attendees are a potentially useful group for monitoring trends in illicit drug use.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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