Faculty of Education, Health and Social Work, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Eur Addict Res. 2012;18(4):153-60. doi: 10.1159/000336122. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
Given the importance of party people as innovators and early adaptors in the diffusion of substance use, and given the lack of longitudinal scope in studies of the nightlife scene, we explored changes in illicit drug use among young people participating in the nightlife scene in Flanders.
A survey among party people selected at dance events, rock festivals and clubs was held in the summer of 2003 and repeated in 2005, 2007 and 2009. In total, 2,812 respondents filled in a questionnaire on the use of cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, amphetamines, GHB and ketamine.
The results of the multiple logistic regression analyses show that in the group of frequent pub visitors, the predicting probability of cannabis use increased over time, while the gap in drug use between dance music lovers and non-lovers of dance music narrowed. For cocaine use during the last year, an increase was found related to the housing situation (alone or with parents) of respondents. While the odds of using ecstasy decreased over the years, the odds of using GHB increased.
We can conclude that monitoring emerging trends, which can be quickly observed in the nightlife scene, provides meaningful information for anticipating possible trends.
鉴于派对人士作为创新者和早期适应者在物质使用扩散中的重要性，以及缺乏对夜生活场景的纵向研究范围，我们探讨了参加弗拉芒夜生活场景的年轻人中非法药物使用的变化。
在 2003 年夏天的舞蹈活动、摇滚音乐节和俱乐部中选择派对人士进行了一项调查，并在 2005 年、2007 年和 2009 年重复进行了调查。共有 2812 名受访者填写了一份关于大麻、摇头丸、可卡因、苯丙胺、GHB 和氯胺酮使用情况的问卷。
多逻辑回归分析的结果表明，在经常光顾酒吧的人群中，大麻使用的预测概率随着时间的推移而增加，而舞曲爱好者和非舞曲爱好者之间的药物使用差距缩小。对于过去一年的可卡因使用，发现与受访者的住房情况（单独或与父母一起）有关的增加。虽然摇头丸的使用几率随着时间的推移而下降，但 GHB 的使用几率却有所上升。
我们可以得出结论，监测夜生活场景中可以快速观察到的新兴趋势，为预测可能的趋势提供了有意义的信息。
