The Drug Use Index: A Measure of the Extent of Polydrug Usage

Douglass, Frazier M.; Khavari, Khalil A.

doi:10.3109/10826087809039318

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“…Early research into the drug consumption patterns of young adults found that “multiple drug use” (Cohen, 1981; Single, Kandel, & Faust, 1974; Simpson & Sells, 1974) was prevalent. 1 Studies were initially designed to evaluate heroin addiction but as marijuana became increasingly identified as central to the drug problem, research on polydrug use gradually evolved to include non-opiate drugs (Sample, 1977; Douglass & Khavari, 1978). The significance of marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco in this research has been inconsistent.…”

Section: Clarifying the Meanings Of Polydrug Usementioning

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Combining Different Substances in the Dance Scene: Enhancing Pleasure, Managing Risk and Timing Effects

Hunt¹,

Evans²,

Moloney³

et al. 2009

Journal of Drug Issues

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Combining mind-altering substances, whether illegal or legal, has provoked calls of alarm and concern among drug researchers for over thirty years. Since then numerous studies have been conducted to trace the different prevalent combinations and emphasize the serious consequences for individuals who use two or more drugs at any given time. Recently, this concern has been heightened as a result of the evidence that polydrug use among young people is increasing, especially among those who attend electronic music dance parties. The aim of this paper is to explore the different drug combinations used by a group of young people who attend raves, clubs and dance parties in the San Francisco Bay Area. Based on in-depth interviews with 300 young people we explore not only the different substances combined, but the meanings given as to why such combinations are chosen. In exploring our respondents' accounts, we hope to highlight both the thinking behind their drug using practices and the range of procedures adopted by young people to enhance the pleasures they hope to achieve in taking different substances, and control any potential problems.

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Section: Clarifying the Meanings Of Polydrug Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Combining Different Substances in the Dance Scene: Enhancing Pleasure, Managing Risk and Timing Effects

Hunt¹,

Evans²,

Moloney³

et al. 2009

Journal of Drug Issues

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“…In one study, ratio-level items inquiring about current drug use were collected from a sample of high school students. In the second study, ordinal-level current drug-use data published by Douglass and Khavari (1978) were analyzed.…”

Section: Two Studies Of Current Drug Usementioning

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Structural-equation models of current drug use: Are appropriate models so simple(x)?

Hays¹,

Widaman²,

DiMatteo³

et al. 1987

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The simplex and common-factor models of drug use were compared using maximum-likelihood estimation of latent variable structural models in two samples: a sample of 226 high school students, using ratio-scale measures of current drug use, and a sample of 310 industrial workers and 811 college students, using ordinal-scale measures of current drug use. Latent variables of alcohol, marijuana, enhancer hard drugs, and dampener hard drugs were specified in a series of structural models. Contrary to previous findings with cumulative drug-use data, the common-factor model provided a more acceptable representation of the observed current-use data than did the simplex model in both samples. In addition, the similarity of results across both of these samples supports recent contentions by Huba and Bentler (1982) that quantitatively measured variables are not necessarily superior to qualitative, ordinal indicators in latent variable models of drug use.

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“…Polydrug use gained a foothold and growing recognition among researchers several decades ago [1,2], and currently there is an increasing body of research literature in this regard [3]. According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), polydrug use has become a dominant pattern of drug use in Europe [4] and it has been brought up as a challenge in the formulation of the EU Drugs Strategy (2013-2020) [5].…”

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Measuring Concurrent Polydrug Use in General Populations: A Critical Assessment

Karjalainen

Kuussaari²,

Kataja³

et al. 2017

Eur Addict Res

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Background/Aims: Polydrug use is a complicated phenomenon that is measured in a wide variety of different ways. Using Finland as an example, we aimed to demonstrate how the prevalence and prevalence trends of concurrent polydrug use (CPU) varied in the general population based on the different measurements used. Methods: Population-based Drug Surveys conducted every 4 years during 1998-2014 were used. CPU was measured with different measurements: strict, medial and loose definition of CPU, which were based on different combinations of alcohol, illicit drugs, pharmaceutical drugs and cigarettes used during the last 12 months/30 days. Logistic regression was used to estimate the p values for assessing trends. Results: Depending on the measurements used, the prevalence of CPU in 2014 varied between 2.0 and 18.7%. Different definitions also produced contradictory trends of CPU: there was a modest increase in prevalence if it was measured with a medial (p < 0.001) or strict (p = 0.054) definition, but when measured with the loose definition (only measure that included smoking), there was a decrease in prevalence (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of CPU varies greatly depending on the measurement used, as does the course of the prevalence trends. The concept of simultaneous polydrug use may capture the phenomenon better compared to the concept of CPU.

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The Drug Use Index: A Measure of the Extent of Polydrug Usage

Cited by 35 publications

References 9 publications

Combining Different Substances in the Dance Scene: Enhancing Pleasure, Managing Risk and Timing Effects

Combining Different Substances in the Dance Scene: Enhancing Pleasure, Managing Risk and Timing Effects

Structural-equation models of current drug use: Are appropriate models so simple(x)?

Measuring Concurrent Polydrug Use in General Populations: A Critical Assessment

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