与COVID-19相关的多种物质使用的转变
Dina Perrone1, Ryan Fischer1, Jianna Florek1
1School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management, California State University, Long Beach, California, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|June 15, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,年轻成年人和LGBTQ+个人中增加了物质使用,特别是类药物. 这种从娱乐性药物转向抗焦虑药物的转变凸显了危机期间不断变化的药物使用模式.
科学领域:
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 众所周知,全球重大事件,如经济危机和自然灾害,会改变药物使用模式.
- COVID-19大流行,以广泛的封锁和限制为特征,对全球物质使用产生了重大影响.
- 以前的研究,主要来自欧洲和大洋洲,表明在大流行期间消费的药物的类型和数量发生了变化.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19流行病对物质使用行为的特定影响.
- 分析这些影响在美国多种物质使用者的多样样样本中.
主要方法:
- 通过社交媒体 (2020年4月至10月) 分发了一项在线调查,以招募参与者.
- 这项研究包括来自36个州的257人,他们报告使用多种物质.
- 收集的数据集中在COVID-19大流行之前和期间的药物使用模式.
主要成果:
- 近一半的参与者报告说,自大流行以来,物质使用量增加.
- 年轻成年人和认同为女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,泛性恋或酷尔 (LGBPQ) 的人更有可能增加他们的物质使用.
- bensodiazepine 的使用量上升,而 3,4-甲基二氧化甲胺 (MDMA) 和迷幻药的使用量下降; 酒精消费量保持稳定.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,年轻人和LGBPQ个人在物质使用方面受到了不成比例的影响.
- 从像MDMA这样的娱乐性药物转向抗焦虑药物,如二zepines,发生了显著的转变.
- 新型二类药物的增加需要加强药物检查和教育计划,以减轻潜在的风险.
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