Increase in serious ecstasy-related incidents in the Netherlands

Krul, Jan; Girbes, Armand R.J.; Sanou, Björn T

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61800-5

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“…More recently, Cathy Montgomery (September 2012, personal communication) described pure ‘almost crystalline’ MDMA in police seizures from Liverpool, UK; see also Krul et al . (), for the Netherlands.…”

Section: Ecstasy/mdmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Human psychobiology of MDMA or ‘Ecstasy’: an overview of 25 years of empirical research

Parrott

2013

Human Psychopharmacology

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Section: Ecstasy/mdmamentioning

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Human psychobiology of MDMA or ‘Ecstasy’: an overview of 25 years of empirical research

Parrott

2013

Human Psychopharmacology

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“…These developments in party-drug use coincide with an increased observation of drug-related health problems that require immediate medical attention (Goossens et al, 2013;Krul, Girbes, & Sanou, 2012). The majority of party-drugs are associated with adverse health effects, both short-term as well as long-term (e.g., Devlin & Henry, 2008;Schep, Knudsen, Slaughter, Vale, & Meǵarbane, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Party-Drug Use and Associated Problems among University Students in the Netherlands

Kunst

Gebhardt

2018

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background: Recent developments in drug use patterns call for an investigation of current party-drug use and associated problems among college students, who appear to be an important target population for harm reduction interventions. Objectives: In addition to reporting on party-drug use prevalence, we investigated whether initial use and continuation of party-drug use among students was associated with demographic, personality and psychosocial factors. Methods: An online questionnaire was administered to 446 students from a Dutch university, inquiring about party-drug use, demographic characteristics, social norms and personality (big five, impulsiveness, aggression). Univariate and multivariate bootstrapped linear regression analyses were used. Results: Of all students, 22.9% indicated having used party-drugs at least once, with a notable sex difference (39.2% of men vs. 16.2% of women). In contrast to the reported trends in Dutch nightlife, GHB was used rarely (lifetime 1.6%) and new psychoactive substances (NPS; 6.7%) appeared almost equally popular as amphetamines (7.6%) and cocaine (7%). Mild health/psychosocial problems (e.g., doing embarrassing things, feeling unwell) were common (65%), whereas serious problems (e.g., being hospitalized) were rare. Neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness and impulsiveness were associated with lifetime but not regular party-drug use. Of all predictors, lifetime and regular party-drug use were most strongly related to lenient injunctive and descriptive norms in friends, and a low motivation to comply with parents. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that harm reduction/preventive interventions might profit from focusing on social norms, and targeting students who are highly involved in a pro-party-drug environment while experiencing less parental influence.

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“…Between 1997 and 2010, 31 ‘category 1’ (life threatening) or ‘category 2’ (not life threatening but requiring medical assistance) cases arose from MDMA use. This increased to 26 category 1 or 2 cases in just 1 year in 2011 . In 2016, almost 1 in 10 (8.8%) persons aged between 15 and 34 years in the Netherlands had used MDMA in the previous year, the highest national estimate in the European Union, with drug‐related deaths doubling from 123 in 2014 to 235 in 2016 .…”

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Pill testing at music festivals: is it evidence‐based harm reduction?

Scott

2020

Internal Medicine Journal

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Recent pill-related deaths of young people at music festivals in Australia have led to a concerted push for on-site pill testing as a means for preventing such events. However, whether pill testing (also termed 'safety checking') is an effective harm reduction strategy remains uncertain. This narrative review concludes that pill testing currently lacks evidence of efficacy sufficient to justify publicly funded national roll-out of on-site pill-testing programmes. Australian governments, addiction specialists and public health experts should collaborate in conducting properly designed field studies aimed at confirming clear benefits from such programmes in reducing pill-related harm.

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Increase in serious ecstasy-related incidents in the Netherlands

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Human psychobiology of MDMA or ‘Ecstasy’: an overview of 25 years of empirical research

Human psychobiology of MDMA or ‘Ecstasy’: an overview of 25 years of empirical research

Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Party-Drug Use and Associated Problems among University Students in the Netherlands

Pill testing at music festivals: is it evidence‐based harm reduction?

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