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Club drug use among youths in treatment for substance abuse.

Hopfer C, Mendelson B, Van Leeuwen JM, Kelly S, Hooks S

Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. Christian.Hopfer@UCHSC.edu

We describe lifetime rates of club drug use among 782 youths in treatment for substance abuse. Rates (%) for youths under eighteen (N = 486) were methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), 32.3; gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 7.0; lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 48.6; ketamine, 18.3; and methamphetamine, 30.2. For youths 18-32 (N = 289) rates (%) were MDMA, 37.0; GHB, 13.1; LSD, 42.9; ketamine, 17.0; and methamphetamine, 31.5. Older youths reported significantly more use of GHB than younger youths (p < .01). Youths reported using club drugs frequently outside of rave settings. Club drug use is common among youths in treatment for substance abuse and has spread beyond the rave culture.

Published 1 February 2006 in Am J Addict, 15(1): 94-9.
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