Shifting awareness among electronic dance music party attendees that drugs may contain fentanyl or other adulterants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drugs like ecstasy, cocaine, and counterfeit prescription pills can contain fentanyl. We examined knowledge about potential adulteration/contamination of such drugs among people attending electronic dance music (EDM) parties.

Methods

Adults in New York City were surveyed entering randomly selected EDM parties during the summers of 2018 (n=1,029) and 2019 (n=559). Surveys assessed perceptions that: 1) ecstasy/Molly can contain adulterants more dangerous than MDMA, 2) cocaine can contain fentanyl, and 3) prescription pills from non-pharmacy sources can contain fentanyl. We compared prevalence of perceptions between 2018 and 2019.

Results

Prevalence of agreeing that cocaine can contain fentanyl increased from 42.1% to 58.6%, a 39.2% increase (p=.003). Increase

SUBMITTER: Palamar JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature