Club drug use among minority substance users in New York City.
Surveillance data suggests that club drug use (Ecstasy, GHB, ketamine, LSD, methamphetamine, PCP and flunitrazepam) has been a predominantly White adolescent and young adult phenomenon in the United States. The authors investigated the use of club drugs among 323 street-recruited minority substance users in northern New York City (66.3% were Hispanic, 23.8% were Black, and 9.9% were White/other race; median age = 32 years old). While Whites were more likely than others to have used club drugs, club drug use among Hispanics and Blacks was not uncommon; 45.3% Hispanics and 56.4% of Blacks reported a lifetime history of club drug use. PCP was the most commonly reported club drug used among all racial/ethnic groups. Further investigation of club drug use in minority populations is warranted.
Ompad
Danielle C
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Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. dompad@nyam.org
Galea
Sandro
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Fuller
Crystal M
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Phelan
Darcy
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Vlahov
David
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D005260:Female; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012919:Social Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014189:Transsexualism; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D006213:Hallucinogens; D013287:Illicit Drugs