Party Drug Prevention for Youth

描述（由申请人提供）：青少年正在使用摇头丸（MDMA）和其他“派对毒品”，如氯胺酮，迷奸药和GHB，在年轻的时候和在狂欢或舞会场所以外的环境中。多种药物的使用是常态，其后果包括对脑细胞的损害、血压升高等生理影响、偏执和抑郁等精神健康问题，以及性剥削等社会健康后果。大多数年轻人没有意识到使用这些药物的风险。迄今为止的预防工作包括教育运动和减少危害方案，但这些方案范围有限，难以评估。第一阶段的STTR项目将拟订和评估一项预防课程的可行性和短期效力，该课程将具有社会有效性，并有可能针对和改变与吸毒有关的中介变量。该课程将遵循现有的高中毒品预防项目“全明星”的形式，并将作为该项目的一个组成部分和一个独立的课程进行包装。第一阶段将开发学生和教师材料，第二阶段将制作额外的活动和教育视频，并进行大规模随机现场试验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Teens are using Ecstasy (MDMA) and other "party drugs" such as Ketamine, Rohypnol, and GHB at younger ages and in contexts that extend beyond the rave or dance party venues. Polydrug use is the norm and consequences include damage to brain cells, physiological effects such as elevated blood pressure, mental health problems including paranoia and depression, and social health consequences such as sexual exploitation. Most young people are unaware of the risks associated with using these drugs. Prevention efforts to date include educational campaigns and harm reduction programs which are limited in scope and difficult to evaluate. This Phase I STTR project will develop and assess the feasibility and short term effectiveness of a prevention curriculum that will be socially valid and will have the potential to target and change mediating variables related to party drug use. The curriculum will follow the format of an existing high school drug prevention program, All Stars, Sr. and will be packaged as a component of that program and as a stand-alone curriculum. Student and teacher materials will be developed during Phase I. Additional activities and an educational video will be produced during Phase II and a large-scale randomized field trial will be conducted.