在Reddit物质使用论坛上的芬太尼尔内容趋势,2013-2021年
Amanda M Bunting1, Noa Krawczyk2, Thomas Lippincott3
1Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. amanda.bunting@nyulangone.org.
Journal of general internal medicine
|June 9, 2023
概括
在Reddit上的芬太尼讨论从2013年到2021年大幅增加,特别是在多种物质和兴奋剂社区. 公共卫生工作应该解决除了阿片类药物使用者之外的芬太尼风险.
科学领域:
- 社交媒体分析.
- 公共卫生监督是对公共卫生的监督.
- 药物政策研究 药物政策研究
背景情况:
- 芬太尼对公共健康构成重大威胁,因为它在非法毒品供应中普遍存在.
- 社交媒体平台为监测新兴毒品趋势提供了有价值的,近乎实时的数据来源.
- 分析在线讨论可以补充传统的死亡率数据,以全面了解毒品问题.
研究的目的:
- 分析随着时间的推移在Reddit上与芬太尼相关的内容的趋势和流行情况.
- 为了确定哪些药物特定的在线社区在芬太尼讨论中表现出最显著的增加.
- 为公众提供有关芬太尼的公共卫生信息和减少危害策略.
主要方法:
- 利用Pushshift Reddit数据集从2013年到2021年收集与芬太尼相关的帖子.
- 在八个不同的药物子网主题中分类帖子:酒精,大麻,幻觉剂,多种药物,阿片类药物,非处方药,镇静剂和兴奋剂.
- 使用线性回归来评估研究期间后体积和芬太尼含量比例变化率.
主要成果:
- 从2013年到2021年,所有分析的药物子信用卡中的芬太尼相关内容增加了1292%从2013年到2021年.
- 类阿片类药物分类显示了芬太尼含量比例最高的帖子 (每1000篇帖子30.62).
- 多种药物 (1067%),镇静剂 (3.23每1000人) 和兴奋剂 (1862%) 的分支也出现了显著的增长,后两个分支的增长率最快.
结论:
- 在Reddit上的芬太尼讨论显示出一致的上升趋势,表明用户对这个话题的参与度越来越高.
- 多种物质和兴奋剂社区内芬太尼含量的快速增加突显了芬太尼在传统阿片类药物使用者之外的扩大范围.
- 公共卫生倡议和减少危害战略必须扩大其范围,包括涉及各种物质的个人,而不仅仅是阿片类药物.
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