澳门地区青少年吸食氯胺酮的模式以及相关因素

KETAMINE ABUSE AND RELATED FACTORS AMONG MACAO JUVENILES

氯胺酮是澳门地区青少年最常吸食的毒品之一,也是毒品防治机构最为关注的毒品之一。尽管如此,关于澳门地区及周边地区青少年氯胺酮滥用的研究仍然很少。为了弥补这一不足,笔者使用澳门特别行政区社工局资助澳门大学社会学系进行的"澳门在学青少年与药物之跟进调查2014"数据,分析氯胺酮的滥用模式及相关因素。本次研究主要有三个目的:第一、确定澳门地区青少年滥用氯胺酮的模式;第二、通过对相关药物滥用行为的分析,初步评估将氯胺酮定位为入门毒品(gateway drug)的合理性;第三,探讨影响在学青少年吸食氯胺酮的原因。结果发现,澳门地区在学青少年曾经滥用氯胺酮的行为与其近期滥用传统依赖性药物的行为显著相关,频繁参加派对活动显著提高了澳门地区在学青少年滥用氯胺酮的概率,结交吸毒朋友、吸烟的在学青少年其滥用氯胺酮的概率也比其他在学青少年高,对吸毒行为的危害性认识不足的也更倾向于吸食氯胺酮。最后,文章就有效地防治澳门地区青少年滥用氯胺酮的问题提出政策建议。

Ketamine has been one of the most widely used illicit drugs among Macao adolescents and has drawn heightened attention of drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies.In spite of it,research on ketamine use disorder has been sparse in Macao and surrounding areas.To fill this gap,the current study employs data from ＂Tracking Study of Students and Drugs in Macao 2014 ＂to identify patterns of ketamine abuse among Macao adolescents and factors associated with ketamine use.The study has three objectives： describing patterns of ketamine use among Macao adolescents; assessing ketamine＇s role as a gateway drug; identifying factors related to ketamine use.The results indicate that students who ever used ketamine reported higher level of opiate use in recent months; frequent partygoers were more likely to use ketamine; students who had drug-using friends,ever smoked,held more tolerant attitudes toward drugs were more likely to use ketamine.Suggestions about strategies to prevent ketamine use are provided.