Drugs at the campsite: Socio-spatial relations and drug use at music festivals

Hospital usage of TOXBASE in Great Britain: Temporal trends in accesses 2008 to 2015

“…A study on seasonality in acute illicit drug overdose indicated that there are peaks in both accidental and intentional overdose in summer, as was found in accesses made to TOXBASE. The authors attribute this to possible higher levels of alcohol consumption in mid-summer as well as the Gabennesch principle [19], although this may also be due to increased drug use during festivals [20].…”

The pleasures of drunken one-night stands: Assemblage theory and narrative environments

“…Alcohol was used to produce a specific mood, to loosen norms, and binge drinkers in this study had a sophisticated conceptualization of links to perceived effects resting in the constellation of the substance, emotions, time and space. A recent shift in social theory has broadened the investigational scope to include some of the non-human agents affecting the consumption of alcohol, drugs and sex in nightlife environments (Demant 2013, Dilkes-Frayne 2016, Duff 2016. Assemblage and affective theories (Jayne, Valentine et al 2010, Duff 2012, Duff 2014 are valuable to support arguments that objects, spaces and places are not "passive backdrops" to drunken one-night stands, rather socio-spatial settings that should be included in investigations of the experiences and practices of alcohol use and sex.…”

Association of Behavior With Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Attendees of an Outdoor Music Festival

“…Alcohol and drug use are known to occur at music festivals. 36,37 Their influence on the development of TTSs and permanent threshold shifts at a younger age enhance the effect of music on NIHL. Thus, music venue attendees are more likely to develop NIHL at a noisy music venue when using alcohol and drugs than are attendees who do not simultane- ously use these substances.…”