MDMA Use by Paris Medical Students
Prevalence and Characteristics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21646054 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Balthazar Bazin (0000-0002-9264-2355, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, corresponding author), David Duroy (Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard), Michel Lejoyeux (0000-0002-3512-9694, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-71 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Substance Use & Misuse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1082-6084 • E-ISSN: 1532-2491 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10826084.2020.1837167 |
| PMID | 33100105 |
| OpenAlex | W3093673457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
Background: 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) is increasing being used by youth in Europe and in France, but characteristics of its use are unknown. Objectives: The aim was to characterize MDMA use in a sample of French medical students. Methods: Cross-sectional study of Paris VII medical students (N = 592) with an online self-reporting questionnaire. Results: 592 students completed the online questionnaire. 21.5% (n = 127) had experimented with MDMA. Use of MDMA was associated with male sex (p < 0.001), older age (p < 0.001), left the parent’s home (p < 0.01), and belonging to a fraternity (p < 0.05). Most experimenters (90.7%) used MDMA in a club or during a music festival. Among users, 42.5% used it more than once a year and less than once a month. During the use, users drank alcohol (90.6%), smoked tobacco (70.9%), smoked cannabis (42.0%) or used cocaine (20.5%). In the days after the use, some smoked tobacco (40.9%), smoked cannabis (29.1%), drank alcohol (22.0%), used cocaine (1.6%) and also took benzodiazepines (5.5%). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, criteria, the prevalence of MDMA use disorder was 8.5% in our sample and 40.9% among MDMA users. As compared with students who never experienced MDMA, fewer users thought that occasional intake could be dangerous (66.9% vs 83.9%, p < 0.001) and that MDMA could be addictive (74.0% vs 90.3%, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Other studies focusing on drug consumption among students are necessary to define specific public health strategies of prevention and harmful reduction
Addiction · Cannabis · Ecstasy · MDMA · Psychiatry · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis · Medicine · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |