Concerts, bars, parties, and raves: Differential risk for drug use among high school seniors according to venue attendance.

ABSTRACT: Background: Nightlife attendance is an established risk factor for drug use, but studies have not focused on adolescent general population samples or compared risk according to type(s) of venues attended. We examined whether attendance of various types of venues was associated with drug use. Methods: Data were examined from an annual nationally representative survey of high school seniors in the US (2014-2019, N = 11,565). We determined whether past-year attendance of parties, concerts, bars or nightclubs, and raves or dance music events was associated with past-year drug use using mixed-effects logistic regression. Mall and movie attendance were examined as negative controls. Results: Compared to those who reported not attending specific venues, attending parties was

SUBMITTER: Palamar JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8924769 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature