COMPARING NPS USERS IN NIGHTLIFE SETTINGS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES

Autores

  • Susana Henriques Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa / Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte); Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7506-1401
  • Joana Paula Silva aUniversity Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) / Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL), Portugal
  • Marie Claire Van Hout School of Public and Allied Health, Liverpool John Moore’s University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Evelyn Hearne School of Public and Allied Health, Liverpool John Moore’s University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Annemieke Benschop dAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Dirk Korf Bonger Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Michal Bujalski University of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
  • Łukasz Wieczorek Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  • Bernd Werse hGoethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Katalin Felvinczi Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Katarzyna Dąbrowska Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  • Zsuzsa Kaló Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Gerrit Kamphausen Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Ton Nabben dAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18817/vjshr.v3i1.50

Palavras-chave:

NPS, Utilizadores da vida noturna, Utilizadores em linha, Categorias de NPS, Mercados virtuais, Tendências europeias

Resumo

Este artigo relata a comparação entre dois grupos de usuários de Novas Substâncias Psicoativas (NPS): usuários em ambientes noturnos e usuários em comunidades on-line. Foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa em seis países da UE (Alemanha, Hungria, Irlanda, Holanda, Polônia e Portugal) com uma amostra de conveniência de usuários adultos (18 anos ou mais) de NPS atuais (12 meses). Os participantes preencheram um questionário on-line ou com caneta e papel. Foram alcançados 2.757 entrevistados nos seis países europeus durante a coleta de dados nos dois grupos de usuários considerados. A comparação foi baseada em características sociodemográficas, padrões de uso e mercado. Os grupos de NSP usados são: misturas de ervas e/ou canabinoides sintéticos; estimulantes de marca e/ou estimulantes/empatogênicos/nootrópicos obtidos puros; psicodélicos; dissociativos; e outras NSP. A Internet e os mercados virtuais assumem grande relevância tanto para a vida noturna quanto para as comunidades on-line. As diferentes políticas de drogas e a localização geográfica diversa entre os países participantes são as principais características que afetam os resultados, ou seja, a presença/ausência de algumas substâncias ou o conceito legal de NSP. A comparação entre usuários em ambientes de vida noturna e usuários on-line destacou tendências substanciais no uso de NPS entre países e grupos de usuários. Novas oportunidades no mercado de drogas foram impulsionadas por desenvolvimentos tecnológicos na Internet.

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31-07-2024

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Henriques, S., Silva, J. P., Van Hout, M. C., Hearne, E., Benschop , A., Korf, D., … Nabben , T. (2024). COMPARING NPS USERS IN NIGHTLIFE SETTINGS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES. Video Journal of Social and Human Research, 3(1), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.18817/vjshr.v3i1.50

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v. 3 n. 1 (2024): Video Journal of Social and Human Research

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