title: Club drug use in los angeles among young men who have sex with men.
abstract: Little is known about young men who have sex with men's use of club drugs and the risk factors associated with such use. A structured survey was administered in 2005 to 496 young men who were 18-22 years old (40% were 18-19 years old); self-identified as with a same-sex sexuality (83%), bisexual (16%), and/or had had sex with a man (97%); Caucasian (35%), African American (24%), and Latino of Mexican descent (40%). Subjects were recruited from gay-identified venues in Los Angeles, California, using a venue-based probability sampling design. Descriptive statistics revealed a high prevalence of drug and club drug use. Regression analyses revealed risk factors associated with recent club drug use, including place of residence, religiosity, disclosure of sexuality to family, frequency of attendance at bars/clubs, and involvement in sexual exchange and street economy. Limitations and implications of this research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Research on Children , Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA. mkipke@chla.usc.edu
authors.forename: Michele D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kipke
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Marizen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dorey
authors.forename: Anamara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ritt-Olson
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iverson
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs