Schensul Jean J, Convey Mark, Burkholder Gary
Institute for Community Research, Ste. 100, 2 Hartford Square West, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
Addict Behav. 2005 Mar;30(3):571-4. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.05.022.
Polydrug use is of particular interest to researchers concerned with the drug use of youth and young adults because it is associated with progression to regular and addictive drug use. New research shows that polydrug use appears to be taking new forms as youth use multiple drugs concurrently in the same setting, sometimes to achieve specific desired effects. Existing approaches to measuring polydrug use are confusing and inconsistent. This paper calls for new ways of measuring polydrug use that capture concurrency in context to obtain more accurate assessments of drug mixing and its potential physical and social effects.
多药滥用尤其引起了关注青少年和青年药物使用情况的研究人员的兴趣，因为它与发展为常规药物使用和成瘾性药物使用有关。新的研究表明，随着青少年在同一环境中同时使用多种药物，有时是为了达到特定的预期效果，多药滥用似乎正在呈现新的形式。现有的多药滥用测量方法既令人困惑又不一致。本文呼吁采用新的多药滥用测量方法，这种方法能够在具体情境中捕捉同时使用多种药物的情况，以便更准确地评估药物混合及其潜在的身体和社会影响。
