Drug Experiences Survey
What?
We are interested in studying the phenomenological experiences associated with the use of various recreational drugs, including both legal and illegal substances.
By participating in this study, which will take approximately 20-25 minutes, you will be asked questions regarding unusual sensory-perceptual experiences that sometimes accompany the use of psychoactive recreational substances. Questions about personal experiences may cause psychological discomfort. However, your responses will remain anonymous and you are free to answer or decline each question.
Who?
To participate in this study, you must be competent to provide informed consent and between the ages of 14-60. Your participation would be on a voluntary basis; that is, there is no direct compensation provided. However, we expect the survey to prove interesting and it will help us gain a better understanding of the effects of various drugs.
any potentially identifying information will be stored securely and separately from your responses to questions about the research by an abstract code. YOUR DATA WILL BE KEPT FOR ATLEAST 5 YEARS. PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THE DATA IS SECURELY STORED ON A USA BASED SERVER ( SURVEY MONKEY), IT IS SUBJECT TO THE PATRIOT ACT. IF CARE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PLEASE VISIT THE LINK PROVIDED
This statement did not sit so well with me. Why store identifying information, period?
YOUR DATA WILL BE KEPT FOR ATLEAST 5 YEARS. PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THE DATA IS SECURELY STORED ON A USA BASED SERVER ( SURVEY MONKEY), IT IS SUBJECT TO THE PATRIOT ACT.
Investigation of “out-of-body experiences” (OBEs) has implications for understanding both normal bodily-self integration and its vulnerabilities. Beyond reported associations between OBEs and specific brain regions, however, there have been few investigations of neurochemical systems relevant to OBEs. Ketamine, a drug used recreationally to achieve dissociative experiences, provides a real-world paradigm for investigating neurochemical effects. We investigate the strength of the association of OBEs and ketamine use relative to other common drugs of abuse. Self-report data (N = 192) from an online survey indicate that both lifetime frequency of ketamine use and OBEs during ketamine intoxication were more strongly related to the frequency of OBEs and related phenomena than other drugs. Moreover, the apparent effects of other drugs could largely be explained by associated ketamine use. The present results, consistent with the role of NMDA receptors in OBEs, should encourage future studies of the role of neurochemical systems in OBEs.