Drug Testing in Music Festivals Promotes Illicit Drug Use Amongst Teenagers

DRUG TESTING IN MUSIC
FESTIVALS PROMOTES ILLICIT
DRUG USE AMONGST
TEENAGERS

Table of Contents
Full. Reference.................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Part A...............................................................................................................................................3
Critical appraisal..............................................................................................................................3
Authorship.......................................................................................................................................3
Research question............................................................................................................................4
Research design...............................................................................................................................4
Research method..............................................................................................................................4
Results and limitations.....................................................................................................................4
Part B...............................................................................................................................................5
Application of evidence to practice.................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7
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Full. Reference
Day, N., Criss J., Griffiths, B., Gujral, S.K., John-Leader, F., Johnson, J., & Pit, S. (2018). Music
festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: A
cross-sectional survey. Harm Reduction Journal, 15(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0205-7
Introduction
The prevalence of high level of usage of drug specifically among youth is a cause of concern for
governmental agencies. The drug checking can act as a production strategy allowing the users to
check the purity and content of illicit drugs. This will help in demonstrating the harmful effect of
the drugs and it can act as a deterrent in health promotion strategy. The study by Day et al.
(2018) investigates the pattern of usage of illicit drug prevalent among young people and also
evaluate attitude of young people towards drug checking at festival. The study also aims
evaluate the impact of drug checking on the behaviour of drug users to understand their
inclination towards provisions related to free drug checking in musical festival held up Australia.
Part A
Critical appraisal
Authorship
All the authors involved in the article are engaged in design, collection of data and drafting of the
study. The authors are attached to notable universities and agencies including Harm reduction
and Health Promotion Programs, School of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of
Sydney And University Centre for Rural Health (Day et al. 2018).
The ethical approval has been sought from UWS Human Research Committee. The paper poses
a conflict of interest since the study is essentially focused on youths attending music festivals
and data obtained is not generalised that represents view of general population.
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