Journal article
Patterns of ketamine use among young injection drug users
Journal of psychoactive drugs, v 39(1), pp 21-29
Mar 2007
PMID: 17523582
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Abstract
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has emerged as an increasingly popular choice among young drug users. Recent research indicates the presence of hidden populations of young people who inject ketamine in New York and other U.S. cities. Applying an ethno-epidemiological approach, the authors recruited 40 young injection drug users (IDUs) (< 25 years old) in New York City to explore health risks associated with ketamine use. This analysis looks at the varying patterns and frequencies of ketamine injection by examining personal, social, and cultural aspects of these young people's lives. We learned that drug-using histories, experiential dimensions, sociocultural characteristics, and associations with other young people help account for the different patterns of injecting ketamine within the sample. In particular, these findings indicate that young people who were more frequent ketamine injectors had the following characteristics: initiated injection drug use with ketamine; enjoyed the effects of ketamine, were stably housed; lived in the vicinity of New York City; and associated with others who also injected ketamine.
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- Title
- Patterns of ketamine use among young injection drug users
- Creators
- Stephen E Lankenau - University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 6430 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA. slankenau@chla.usc.eduBill Sanders
- Publication Details
- Journal of psychoactive drugs, v 39(1), pp 21-29
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis; United States
- Grant note
- R03 DA013893-01 / NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA013893-02 / NIDA NIH HHS R03-DA13893 / NIDA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000246057000003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34248580511
- Other Identifier
- 991014878270104721
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- Psychology, Clinical
- Substance Abuse