PMID- 16048817
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051101
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1082-6084 (Print)
IS  - 1082-6084 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 9-10
DP  - 2005
TI  - Club drug use in Germany.
PG  - 1279-93
AB  - In this paper the epidemiology of club drug use in Germany, including the use of 
      3,4-methylendioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA) known as 'ecstasy' and related 
      substances such as speed, amphetamines, hallucinogens, and cannabis is described 
      on the basis of five different surveys. Two of them are representative household 
      surveys to monitor the licit and illicit drug use behavior of the German 
      population. The third one is a longitudinal study aimed at exploring comorbidity 
      and posited risk and protective factors in adolescents and young adults with 
      specific emphasis on substance use-related disorders. Since ecstasy seemed to be 
      associated with a new music culture of the '90s called "techno," two studies 
      investigating the relationship of using ecstasy and related substances in the 
      techno party scene are additionally presented. The question of the clinical 
      impact of using ecstasy and related substances is raised in terms of substance 
      use-related and mental disorders associated with the use of ecstasy. Finally, the 
      motivation for using and stopping the use of ecstasy is addressed. It is shown 
      that ecstasy has reached the second place (after cannabis) in illegal drug 
      preferences of adolescents and young adults in Germany. Evidence is found that 
      ecstasy use as well as ecstasy use-related disorders such as "abuse" and 
      "dependence" are of a transient, "youth-limited" nature.
FAU - Soellner, Renate
AU  - Soellner R
AD  - FU Berlin, Evaluation, Qualitatssicherung und Qualitatsmanagement in 
      Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Berlin, Germany. 
      soellner@zedat.fu-berlin.de
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Subst Use Misuse
JT  - Substance use & misuse
JID - 9602153
RN  - 0 (Hallucinogens)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Amphetamine-Related Disorders/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Cultural Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - Germany/epidemiology
MH  - Hallucinogens/*adverse effects/*pharmacology
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Marijuana Abuse
MH  - Motivation
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*adverse effects/*pharmacology
MH  - Recreation
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/*epidemiology/*psychology
EDAT- 2005/07/29 09:00
MHDA- 2005/11/03 09:00
CRDT- 2005/07/29 09:00
PHST- 2005/07/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/11/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/07/29 09:00 [entrez]
AID - P29MQ6T841W58011 [pii]
AID - 10.1081/JA-200066791 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Subst Use Misuse. 2005;40(9-10):1279-93. doi: 10.1081/JA-200066791.