下子洞:关于迷幻药使用者的使用模式和感知效应的大规模调查
Carrie Cuttler1, Amanda Stueber1, Jonathan Simone2
1Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
|January 29, 2025
概括
这项研究调查了1486名美国成年人的迷幻药使用情况,发现MDMA,LSD,DMT和 псилоцибин是最常见的,主要用于娱乐. 大多数用户报告了诸如幻觉和积极情绪等急性影响,其余影响包括头痛和焦虑.
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:
- 随着迷幻药的日益普及和不断变化的法律地位,人们需要了解一般人口的使用模式.
- 关于在临床环境之外使用迷幻药的类型,方法,意图和影响的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 在美国一般人口样本中描述迷幻药的使用情况.
- 评估使用的迷幻药类型,施用方法,剂量,频率,意图,背景以及感知到的急性/残留效应和相关痛苦.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对1486名符合条件的美国居民进行 (平均年龄为29.58,男性为67.1%).
- 评估了使用模式,物质类型 (MDMA,LSD,DMT,psilocybin),施用途径 (主要是口服),意图 (主要是娱乐性) 和经历的影响.
主要成果:
- MDMA,LSD,DMT和 псилоцибин是最常用的迷幻药物.
- 主要用于娱乐用途,口服是最常见的方法.
- 常见的急性影响包括幻觉,心率增加,积极情绪和视觉标志物;残留影响包括头痛,口腔干燥,恶心,幻觉和焦虑.
结论:
- 调查结果提供了对当前迷幻药使用人口统计和模式的见解.
- 结果可以为临床试验设计,合法访问政策改革和使用趋势的监测提供信息.
- 了解用户报告的影响和痛苦对于减少危害和公共卫生倡议至关重要.
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