迷幻小剂量的全球趋势:人口统计,物质测试行为和使用模式
Omer A Syed1, Rotem Petranker2, Emily C Fewster3
1Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
|November 6, 2024
概括
与使用微剂量和大剂量的人相比,独家的迷幻微剂量者往往更老,更女性,并且非白种人. 这项研究探讨了专属微剂量实践的独特特征.
科学领域:
- 心理药理学 心理药理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 迷幻微量剂是一种日益增长的实践,科学理解有限.
- 以前的研究集中在一般的微剂量特征,动机和实践上.
- 专用微量剂和使用微量剂和宏量剂之间的人口和物质使用差异仍然未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究人口统计学,行为和物质使用的差异,在单独微剂量迷幻药和那些使用微剂量和巨剂量的人之间.
- 为了解自然主义的迷幻药使用模式做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 对6193名迷幻药消费者进行了在线调查.
- 分析了来自2488个微剂量的数据,包括11种不同的经典和非典型迷幻药.
- 专用微量剂者和使用微量剂和宏量剂的个人之间进行了统计比较.
主要成果:
- 独家微剂量者年龄较大 (46.4岁对42.0岁),女性比例较高 (68.4%对44.7%),更有可能是非白种人 (25.4%对14.7%) 和城市居民 (43.9%对38.5%).
- 单独的微量剂者报告说,非迷幻物质的平均终身使用率较低 (3.8比4.7).
- псилоцибин (74.5%),LSD (34.4%) 和胺 (15.8%) 是常见的微剂量物质,大多数用户 (64.6%) 不测试他们的物质. 改善一般福祉是最常见的原因 (73.0%).
结论:
- 专门使用微剂量者和同时使用大剂量者之间存在显著的人口统计和物质使用差异.
- 这些发现突出了心理迷幻微剂量的自然主义使用中明显的模式.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解这些差异对治疗和健康应用的含义.
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