Underreporting of drug use among electronic dance music party attendees.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees are at high risk for drug use. However, little is known regarding the extent of underreporting of drug use in this population, in part, because use of synthetic drugs is often associated with unknown exposure to adulterant drugs. We estimated the extent of underreported drug use in this population by comparing self-reported use to hair toxicology results.

Methods

Time-space sampling was used to survey adults entering EDM events at nightclubs and dance festivals in New York City from January through August of 2019. Seven hundred ninety-four adults were surveyed and 141 provided analyzable hair samples. We queried past-year use of >90 drugs and tested hair samples using ultra-high performance liquid chromat

SUBMITTER: Palamar JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature