Levy S J, Pierce J P
Department of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Addict Behav. 1989;14(2):105-11. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(89)90039-7.
Recently in Australia, the question has been raised of whether cocaine poses a threat to our community. We investigated this question in a random community sample of 1002 teenagers aged 14 to 19 years in Sydney, Australia. Subjects were asked whether they or members of their social network used drugs, and questioned on their beliefs about and attitudes to drugs. Intention to use cocaine was measured by the statement, "If a friend I trusted offered me cocaine, I might try it." The predictors of intention were: personal use of illicit drugs, tranquilizers, or inhalants; exposure to cocaine users; pro-drug beliefs; self-perceived consumption of too much alcohol; age; and parental use of drugs. The results suggest that a demand for cocaine--indicated by intention to use cocaine--already exists in the community. The association between intention to use cocaine, drug beliefs, personal use of drugs and exposure to drug users in the social network should be kept in mind when proposing strategies for preventing a cocaine problem in Australia.
最近在澳大利亚，有人提出可卡因是否对我们的社区构成威胁这一问题。我们在澳大利亚悉尼对1002名年龄在14至19岁的青少年组成的随机社区样本中调查了这个问题。受试者被问及他们自己或其社交网络中的成员是否使用毒品，并询问了他们对毒品的看法和态度。使用可卡因的意愿通过以下陈述来衡量：“如果我信任的朋友给我提供可卡因，我可能会尝试。”使用意愿的预测因素包括：个人使用非法药物、镇静剂或吸入剂；接触可卡因使用者；支持吸毒的观念；自我感觉饮酒过量；年龄；以及父母使用毒品。结果表明，社区中已经存在对可卡因的需求——以使用可卡因的意愿来表明。在提出预防澳大利亚可卡因问题的策略时，应牢记使用可卡因的意愿、毒品观念、个人吸毒情况以及社交网络中接触吸毒者之间的关联。
