Drugs on the web; the Psychonaut 2002 EU project

被引:80
作者
Schifano, F
Deluca, P
Baldacchino, A
Peltoniemi, T
Scherbaum, N
Torrens, M
Farre, M
Flores, I
Rossi, M
Eastwood, D
Guionnet, C
Rawaf, S
Agosti, L
Di Furia, L
Brigada, R
Majava, A
Siemann, H
Leoni, M
Tomasin, A
Rovetto, F
Ghodse, AH
机构
[1] Univ London St Georges Hosp, Div Mental Hlth Addict Behav, London SW17 0RE, England
[2] Univ Dundee, Ninewells Hosp & Med Sch, Dept Psychiat, Ctr Addict Res & Educ Scotland, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
[3] A Clin Fdn, Helsinki 00120, Finland
[4] Klin Abhaengiges Verhalten & Suchtmed, D-45147 Essen, Germany
[5] Hosp del Mar, Drug Abuse Unit, Barcelona 08003, Spain
[6] Inst Municipal Invest Med, Pharmacol Unit, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain
[7] CAT Conde, P-4050 Oporto, Portugal
[8] Ctr Studi Ser T Bresparola, Rovigo, Italy
[9] Ringkobing Amt, Specialradgivningsafdelingen, DK-6950 Ringkobing, Denmark
[10] Ctr St Germain Pierre Nicole Croix Rouge Francais, F-78005 Paris, France
[11] Springfield Hosp, Wandsworth PCT, Dept Publ Hlth, London SW17 7DJ, England
[12] Dipartimento Dipendenze Padova, I-35100 Padua, Italy
[13] SerT Trezzo Adda, Monza, Italy
[14] Univ Parma, Dipartimento Psicol, I-43100 Parma, Italy
关键词
drug prevention; ecstasy; Internet; MDMA; psychoactive drugs; Psychonaut; 2002; project;
D O I
10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.11.035
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Purpose: Only a few formal assessments of websites with drug-related contents have been carried out. We aimed here at fostering collection and analysis of data from web pages related to information on consumption, manufacture and sales of psychoactive substances. General methods: An 8-language, two-engine, assessment of the information available in a purposeful sample of 1633 unique websites was carried out. Findings: A pro-drug and a harm reduction approach were evident, respectively, in 18% and 10% of websites accessed. About 1 in 10 websites offered either psychoactive compounds for sale or detailed data on drugs' synthesis/extraction procedures. Information on a number of psychoactive substances and on unusual drugs' combinations not found in the Medline was elicited. Conclusions: This represents the first review which is both comprehensive and multilingual of the online available information on psychoactive compounds. Health professionals may need to be aware of the web being a new drug resource for information and possibly purchase. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:640 / 646
页数:7
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