The normalization of 'sensible' recreational drug use: Further evidence from the north west England longitudinal study
The normalization of 'sensible' recreational drug use: Further evidence from the north west England longitudinal study
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DOI：
10.1177/003803850203600408
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Aldridge, J
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作者：
Parker, H;Williams, L;Aldridge, J
确定了五个关键方面的正常化：可用性/访问;药物尝试率;使用率;容纳的态度“明智的”娱乐性药物使用，特别是非用户;和程度的文化住宿的非法药物使用。对每项措施都提供了对联合王国最近研究的审查。西北英格兰纵向研究继续监测正常化的基础上重新捕获的464名年轻人（2000年）的队列以前调查/采访他们的青春期（1991年至1995年）。药物的供应仍然很高，90%以上的人处于提供药物的情况。大麻的可及性最高，其次是“舞蹈毒品”，可卡因的上升幅度最大。毒品尝试率从14岁的36%逐步上升到22岁的76%。在18岁时，超过一半的人报告了去年的吸毒情况，在22岁时，吸毒率没有变化（52%）。上个月的使用率为32%，略有下降。现在，男性在所有措施上都稍微更有可能参与毒品。社会经济差异不大。大麻在最近的使用中占主导地位（平均每月三次）。一半的戒烟者有使用大麻的朋友。近三分之二的戒毒者对吸毒者持宽容或认可的态度。一半的人对不同的药物持有不同的看法，大麻的使用是最容忍的。该论文的结论是，“合理”的娱乐性毒品使用正越来越多地融入传统年轻人的社交生活。
Five key dimensions of normalization are identified: availability/access; drug trying rates; usage rates; accommodating attitudes to 'sensible' recreational drug use especially by non users; and degree of cultural accommodation of illegal drug use. A review of recent UK research is provided for each measure. The NW England Longitudinal Study continues to monitor normalization based on the recapture of 464 young adults (in year 2000) of a cohort previously surveyed/interviewed across their adolescence (1991 to 1995). The availability of drugs remain high with over 90% having been in drug offer situations. Accessibility is highest for cannabis, followed by 'dance drugs', with cocaine showing the steepest climb. Drug trying rates have risen incrementally from 36 percent at 14 to 76 percent at 22. At 18 over half reported past year drug use and at 22 the rate is unchanged (52 percent). Past month use at 32 percent has declined slightly. Males are now slightly more likely to be drug-involved on all measures. Socio-economic differences are not significant. Cannabis dominates recent usage (average three episodes a month). Half the abstainers have friends who have used cannabis. Nearly two thirds of abstainers held tolerant or approving attitudes of drug takers. Half held different views about different drugs with cannabis use being most tolerated. The paper concludes that 'sensible' recreational drug use is becoming increasingly accommodated into the social lives of conventional young adults.