Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

WITH WHOM TO CONSUME ECSTASY? (In %)COIMBRA MODENA NICE PALMA UTRECHTAlone 05,6 01,4 00,6With friends 93 77,8 850, 94,6 92,7Sometimes alone,sometimes with friends 07 16,7 13,6 04,8 07,3The highest percentages are found, as expected, in the category “With friends”, ascorresponds to a drug that generally has a recreational use. Nevertheless, in Modenathere is 5,6% that prefer “Alone” and 16,7%, “sometimes alone and sometimes withfriends”. A reasonable explanation could be the fact that this sample is the one with thehighest misuse potential. It is rationale to think that when people tend to consume ontheir own it is not a typical recreational pattern. In other towns we can find also a certainpercentage –much lower- that tend to use it no always with their friends.WHERE TO USE ECSTASY (In %)COIMBRA MODENA NICE PALMA UTRECHTAt home 01,6 05,9 06,5 03,4 11,2At friends home 09,7 05,3 18,2 09,7 10,9At the disco 29,3 44,9 23,4 32,4 20,5At bars 01,1 04,3 02,3 12,4 03,1In the street 0,3, 03,7 02,3 02,6 04,7At “rave” parties 35,2 18,7 29,5 08,4 37,4At ‘afters’ 08,3 11,2 12,7 25,8 08,8Others 14,5 05,9 05,2 05,3 03,4Discos are the places with the highest percentages. In Palma de Mallorca we alsofind a high percentage (12,4%) at bars, but this kind of places can be considered asdiscos, since they have high volume music and a dancing area. “Afters”(bars or discosthat open very late at night) are also extremely popular among the population of Palmade Mallorca (25,8%).At “raves” we also find high percentages in Utrecht (37,4%), Coimbra (35,2%) andNice (29,5%).The answers “At home” or “At a friend’s house” are relatively important as places ofconsumption, above all in Nice (24,7%,considering both percentages) and Utrecht(22,1%, considering both percentages). This means that prevention strategies should notonly concentrate in the dance scene.70