Risk Perception of New Psychoactive Substances ("Legal Highs") among their Users

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Risk Perception of New Psychoactive Substances ("Legal Highs") among their Users

Original language description

BACKGROUND: Recent years have witnessed an increase in the incidence of new psychoactive substances (NPS), or also the so-called "legal highs" on the market, and increase of their use in the general population (Winstock and Ramsey , 2010). The use of such substances poses a threat to the individual and public health (EMCDDA, 2010). This paper presents the results of research which had as main objective to analyse (i) NPS how users perceive the risks associated with their use, and (ii) what strategies are used by NPS users to avoid risks that may be associated with the use of thereof. DATA AND METHODS: The research was a qualitative content analysis of online discussion fora associating NPS users (16 fora with a total of 832 posts) and qualitative analysis of interviews with 9 NPS users; in the analysis, the method of grounded theory was used. RESULTS: Regarding the perception of risk, there is a group of users who perceive the risk of these substances as low, as a result of their "lega

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/NT14064" target="_blank" >NT14064: New drugs – market analysis, epidemiology of use and identification of preventive and harm minimisation strategies</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Adiktologie

ISSN

1213-3841

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

212-227

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