Trends in drug use among electronic dance music party attendees in New York City, 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees are a high-risk population for drug use and associated adverse effects. We examined trends in past-year drug use within this population to better inform prevention and harm reduction efforts.

Methods

Each summer from 2016 through 2019, we used time-space sampling to survey a cross-section of adults entering EDM parties at randomly selected nightclubs and at dance festivals in New York City. Ns ranged from 504 (2019) to 1,087 (2016). We estimated log-linear trends in past-year use of 16 different synthetic drugs or drug classes.

Results

Between 2016 and 2019, estimated past-year prevalence of use of ketamine increased from 5.9% to 15.3% (a 157.6% relative increase; P = .007), LSD use increased from 9.9% to 16.6% (a

SUBMITTER: Palamar JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7127946 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature