DMT use in Australia - new research paper

[Tronica]

Hey folks,

A new research study is currently in-press which was the result of an online survey in 2009 of Australians who use DMT:

Vince Cakic, Jacob Potkonyak and Alex Marshall. (2010). Dimethyltryptamine (DMT): Subjective effects and patterns of use among Australian recreational users. Drug Alcohol Depend, doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.015

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous hallucinogen with traditional use as a sacrament in the orally active preparation of ayahuasca. Although the religious use of ayahuasca has been examined extensively, very little is known about the recreational use of DMT. In this study, Australian participants (n = 121) reporting at least one lifetime use of DMT completed an online questionnaire recording patterns of use, subjective effects and attitudes towards their DMT use. Smoking DMT was by far the most common route of administration (98.3% ) with a comparatively smaller proportion reporting use of ayahuasca (30.6% ). The reasons for first trying DMT were out of a general interest in hallucinogenic drugs (46.6% ) or curiosity about DMT's effects (41.7% ), while almost one-third (31.1% ) cited possible psychotherapeutic benefits of the drug. An increase in psychospiritual insight was the most commonly reported positive effect of both smoked DMT (75.5% ) and ayahuasca (46.7% ), a finding that is consistent with other studies examining the ritualised use of ayahuasca in a religious context. Although previous studies of DMT use have examined ayahuasca use exclusively, the present study demonstrates the ubiquity of smoking as the most prevalent route of administration among recreational DMT users.

PDF available from http://www.entheo.net/DMT_effects_and_use.pdf

 

[Sega420]

isnt this more suited to Drug Studies?

 

[Tronica]

Drug Studies hosts research projects that are recruiting participants, then we follow them through writing up to publication. This one didn't get recruited through BL, but I wanted to share the article.

If you reckon it's not suited here, we could send it off to Australian Drug Discussion? That could work

 

[Sega420]

ah i see.
i was just meaning like, you'd probably get more aussies doing it if posted in AusDD than in PD.
if thats what you were looking for, of course.

ach, nevermind i get ya!
you're sharing the results of one! i see