PMID- 12065965
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020918
LR  - 20171101
IS  - 1022-6877 (Print)
IS  - 1022-6877 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 3
DP  - 2002 Jun
TI  - Use of MDMA and other illicit drugs by young adult males in northern Spain. A 
      five-year study.
PG  - 147-54
AB  - AIM: To measure the prevalence of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and 
      other drug use in young males entering compulsory military service in Asturias 
      (northern Spain) and to define trends in MDMA use in this group during the period 
      from 1995 to 1999. We also sought to determine whether MDMA users have distinct 
      personality features or higher levels of sensation seeking. METHODS: 3,634 
      conscripts [mean age (SD) = 20.19 years (2.52)] who entered military service 
      during the period between 1995 and 1999 were evaluated using the World Health 
      Organization (WHO) questionnaire for drug consumption, the Eysenck Personality 
      Questionnaire-A (EPQ-A), and the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale. RESULTS AND 
      CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of lifetime, previous year and previous month MDMA 
      use among military recruits between 1995 and 1999 was 10.9, 7.8 and 4.5%, ranking 
      fifth among illicit drugs ever used. Once individuals used MDMA for the first 
      time, they were likely to use it again, with 71% of individuals who had ever used 
      MDMA reporting that they had used it during the past year (ranking second only to 
      hallucinogens), and 41% reporting having used it in the last month. Compared to 
      recruits who had never used MDMA (but who may have used other illicit drugs), 
      MDMA users had a more extensive drug abuse history. Recruits who had used MDMA 
      during the year prior to study had significantly higher scores on the Neuroticism 
      and Psychoticism Subscales of the EPQ-A, and reported higher levels of sensation 
      seeking.
CI  - Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
FAU - Bobes, J
AU  - Bobes J
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Spain. 
      bobes@correo.uniovi.es
FAU - Saiz, P A
AU  - Saiz PA
FAU - Gonzalez, M P
AU  - Gonzalez MP
FAU - Bascaran, M T
AU  - Bascaran MT
FAU - Bousono, M
AU  - Bousono M
FAU - Ricaurte, G A
AU  - Ricaurte GA
FAU - McCann, U D
AU  - McCann UD
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Eur Addict Res
JT  - European addiction research
JID - 9502920
RN  - 0 (Hallucinogens)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Hallucinogens
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Military Personnel
MH  - *N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
MH  - Personality Tests
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Spain/epidemiology
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/*epidemiology/psychology
EDAT- 2002/06/18 10:00
MHDA- 2002/09/19 10:01
CRDT- 2002/06/18 10:00
PHST- 2002/06/18 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/09/19 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/06/18 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 59385 [pii]
AID - 10.1159/000059385 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Addict Res. 2002 Jun;8(3):147-54. doi: 10.1159/000059385.