Nuevo artículo científico de un miembro de la AE

Nuevo artículo científico de un miembro de la AE

Débora González, miembro de la Asociación Eleusis, acaba de pubicar un nuevo artículo titutlado «Consumption of new psychoactive substances in a Spanish sample of research chemical users», en la revista Human Psychopharmacology.

El cuestionario empleado en el estudio se diseñó a partir de las entrevistas a 12 personas, expertos conocedores de las nuevas sustancias de síntesis, que fueron contactadas a través de la Asociación Eleusis:

«The information that we obtained was used to design the response options of the final questionnaire. They had been previously contacted through the Eleusis Association (https://asociacioneleusis.es), a NGO dedicated to the study of altered states of consciousness.» (González et al, 2013:333)

 

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Los datos del artículo son:

Débora González, Mireia Ventura, Fernando Caudevilla, Marta Torrens and Magi Farre (2013): «Consumption of new psychoactive substances in a Spanish sample of research chemical users», en Hum. Psychopharmacol Clin Exp, 28: 332–340.

Objective: To know the pattern of use of new psychoactive substances (NPSs) in a Spanish sample of research chemical (RC) users and to
deepen the RC user profile and risk reduction strategies employed.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional survey by means of a specific questionnaire. Recruitment was carried out at music festivals, at
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and through announcements on an online forum. Two RC user profiles were defined, according
to whether they search information through online forums.

Results: A total of 230 users participated. The most frequent RCs were hallucinogenic phenethylamines (2C-B 80.0%, 2C-I 39.6%) and
cathinones (methylone 40.1%, mephedrone 35.2%). The most frequent combination of RC with other illegal drugs was with cannabis (68.6%) and 2C-B withMDMA(28.3%). Subjectswho are consulting drug forums (group 1) use more RC, obtain RC by Internet, and use more frequently risk prevention strategies. Regarding the risk-reduction strategies in this group, users sought information concerning RC before consuming them (100%), used precision scales to calculate dosage (72.3%), and analyzed the contents before consumption (68.8%).

Conclusions: There is a specific RC user profile with extensive knowledge and consumption of substances, using different strategies to
reduce risks associated to its consumption.

 

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