ArticleSubstance use & misuse2017
Self-Reported Ecstasy/MDMA/"Molly" Use in a Sample of Nightclub and Dance Festival Attendees in New York City.
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- A systematic review of literature on substance use in nightlife settings utilizingDrug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Ecstasy, molly, MDMA: What health practitioners need to know about this common recreational drug.Disease-a-month : DM · 2025Review
- Substance use, harm reduction attitudes and behaviors among attendees of nature rave parties in Israel.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Exploring Potential Bellwethers for Drug-Related Mortality in the General Population: A Case for Sentinel Surveillance of Trends in Drug Use among Nightclub/Festival Attendees.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Risky Party and Nightclub Attendance during the COVID-19 Nightlife Shutdown in New York City.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- A qualitative investigation exploring why dance festivals are risky environments for drug use and potential adverse outcomes.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- No Good Time Without Drugs: Qualitative Study Among Nightlife Attendees in Tbilisi, Georgia.Adiktologie · 2022Article
- Concerts, bars, parties, and raves: Differential risk for drug use among high school seniors according to venue attendance.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- Drug checking at dance festivals: A review with recommendations to increase generalizability of findings.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Review
- Shifts in Drug Use Behavior Among Electronic Dance Music Partygoers in New York During COVID-19 Social Distancing.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
- The drug purity discounting task: Ecstasy use likelihood is reduced by probabilistic impurity according to harmfulness of adulterants.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- High Prevalence of Tobacco Product and E-Cigarette Use among Electronic Dance Music Party Attendees.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Posting, texting, and related social risk behavior while high.Substance abuse · 2020Article
- Differential Risk for Drug Use by Sexual Minority Status among Electronic Dance Music Party Attendees in New York City.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Diffusion of Ecstasy in the Electronic Dance Music Scene.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Underreporting of drug use on a survey of electronic dance music party attendees.Addiction research & theory · 2020Article
- Interpol review of controlled substances 2016-2019.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2020Review
- Consistency of self-reported drug use among electronic dance music party attendees.Drug and alcohol review · 2019Article
- Adverse drug-related effects among electronic dance music party attendees.The International journal on drug policy · 2019Article
- 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) use and transitions to injection drug use among street-involved youth.Substance abuse · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEcstasy (MDMA) use has regained popularity in the United States, particularly in the form of "Molly," which is often marketed as pure MDMA. Surveys have generally not included "Molly" in the definition of ecstasy, so rates of use may be underestimated. As popularity of ecstasy increases, research is needed to examine use among those at highest risk for use-nightlife attendees.
methodsWe surveyed 679 young adults (age 18-25) entering nightclubs and festivals holding electronic dance music (EDM) parties in New York City in 2015. A variation of time-space sampling was utilized. We examined prevalence and correlates of self-reported lifetime ecstasy use.
resultsSelf-reported lifetime ecstasy use was common (42.8%, 95% CI: 32.8, 52.7). Use was most common among older participants, frequent party attendees, and those reporting higher levels of exposure to users. Those surveyed outside of festivals were less likely to report use compared to those surveyed outside of nightclubs (AOR = 0.37, p = .015). Over a third of ecstasy users (36.8%)reported use in pill, powder, and crystal form. Ecstasy users were also more likely to report use of other drugs, including novel psychoactive substances (e.g., 2C series drugs, synthetic cathinones ["bath salts"]). Half (50.4%) reported suspecting (21.9%) or finding out (28.5%) that their ecstasy had ever contained a drug other than MDMA.
conclusionA large percentage of nightlife attendees in NYC report lifetime ecstasy use. Findings should inform prevention and harm reduction programming. Further research is needed as ecstasy continues to change (e.g., in form, purity, and name).
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