The Social World of Club Drugs: A Qualitative Study

描述(由申请人提供)：建议的36个月的重点 探索性定性项目是调查青少年和青壮年 在旧金山湾区使用俱乐部毒品的人。我们将重点关注 以下五个研究问题：1)俱乐部的社交环境是什么 吸毒？2)社会、性别和民族特征是什么？ 俱乐部毒品的使用者？3)目前使用的俱乐部毒品是什么，在什么地方？ 什么是信念、期望、动机和感知？ 最初和随后使用各种俱乐部药物的吸引力，以及哪些是 感知到的风险和好处？5)心理、身体和心理上的 那些使用俱乐部毒品的人所经历的社会后果？主要使用 定性和人种学的研究方法，我们计划定位和采访 使用俱乐部毒品的300名年轻人，年龄在16-25岁之间，他们使用过 在过去的六个月中，一个或多个俱乐部吸毒三次或三次以上。一半的人 建议的样本将是女性(150人)和一半男性(150人)。利用一支球杆 毒品筛查工具，一种预编码的描述性社会人口数据 表格，深度半结构化访谈，以及俱乐部毒品使用矩阵，我们 将考察俱乐部毒品、吸毒者和 社交环境。 这个项目之所以重要，有两个原因：第一，正如我们对 关于俱乐部毒品的文献，很少有关于 在美国年轻人使用俱乐部毒品，也不是在社交舞蹈界 俱乐部或舞会，因此使用探索性的和定性的 方法是适当的，并将弥补现有的重要研究 通过开发详细的信息来缩小差距。第二，这个探索性项目将 提供急需的经验性信息，说明最近使用 俱乐部药物，以设计更有效和更合适的公共卫生 倡议和预防信息，提醒年轻人注意艾滋病的危险 这些毒品。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus of this proposed 36 months exploratory qualitative project is to investigate adolescents and young adults who use club drugs in the San Francisco Bay Area. We will focus on the following five research issues: 1) What are the social settings in which club drugs are taken? 2) What are the social, gender and ethnic characteristics of the users of club drugs? 3) What club drugs are currently used, and in what combinations? 4) What are the beliefs, expectations, motivations and perceived attractions for initial and subsequent use of various club drugs, and what are the perceived risks and benefits? 5) What are the psychological, physical and social consequences experienced by those who use club drugs? Using primarily qualitative and ethnographic research methods, we plan to locate and interview 300 young adults who use club drugs, between the ages of 16-25, who have used one or more club drugs three or more times in the previous six months. Half of the proposed sample will be women (150) and half men (150). By utilizing a club drugs screening instrument, a pre-coded descriptive socio-demographic data form, an in-depth semi-structured interview, and a club drugs use matrix, we will examine the complex inter-relationship between club drugs, the users and the social settings. This project is important for two reasons: First, as indicated by our survey of the literature on club drugs, little information is readily available on the use of club drugs by young adults in the U.S., nor on the social world of dance clubs or dance parties, and therefore the use of an exploratory and qualitative approach is appropriate and will remedy an existing and significant research gap by developing detailed information. Second this exploratory project will provide much needed empirical information on the recent increase in the use of club drugs in order to design more effective and appropriate public health initiatives and prevention messages to alert young adults about the dangers of these drugs.