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Ecstasy Use Among Club Rave Attendees
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:295-296.
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The "rave" phenomenon—loud music, flashing lights, and frenzied
all-night dancing—has been a major element in the resurgence of psychedelic
drug use in Western society.1 Purportedly
central to raves is the use of "club drugs," including 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine,
also called MDMA or ecstasy.1 The use of
ecstasy seems to be increasing worldwide, with rave attendees being a high-risk
population. Because these drugs have potentially serious physical and psychological
consequences, such as anxiety, memory loss, paranoia, depression, cognitive
impairment, cardiac complications, and kidney failure,2-3
the rave phenomenon has sparked the attention of health officials and policy
makers. However, to our knowledge, no studies have collected self-report or
objective drug use information from rave attendees in the United States.
Our study estimated the prevalence of ecstasy use among a sample of
rave attendees. Self-reported drug use information and saliva specimens were
collected from attendees of raves at 5 nightclubs in the Baltimore-Washington
corridor between . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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