Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

The interview will be semi-structured in the sense that the interviewer will conductthe conversation, but in a quite imprecise way, letting the interviewed to expose hisinformation on the subject. It is important that the interviewer ‘will not suggest theanswer’.More or less the questions explored will be:• How they would describe this sort of drugs. What they associate with this drugs.• Why people consume this drugs.• Does he know people consuming ecstasy.• Which sort of people he knows or he thinks is using this type of drugs (age, gender,culture, status,..)?. Which culture he relates with their use.• Which are his/her reason for consuming/not consuming this drugs.• Which are the effects expected of this drugs.• In the case they have used it, which are the registered effects. Did fulfil hisexpectancies?.• He/she thinks is going to consume in the future or is going to stop consuming.• What they think about the dangerousness of this drugs. Which problems andadvantages they relate with their use.• What they think should be the social approach towards the use of ecstasy.• Which is the relation they see between this sort of drugs and the use of alcohol orother drugs.• Any other questions that the interviewer thinks should be exploredAt the end it will be explored the personal consume history (ecstasy and other drugs)and some information on deviance behaviour, personal and family problems, and socialeducationalstatus..All this interviews must be typed and send as soon as possible to Palma de Mallorca,to look for representations and to establish if they are a priori differences between thecountries participating in the research.232