https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/597763
標題: | First-time offenders for recreational ketamine use under a new penalty system in Taiwan: incidence, recidivism and mortality in national cohorts from 2009 to 2017 | 作者: | Pan, Wen Hsuan KEVIN CHIEN-CHANG WU Chen, Chi Ya Chu, Yu Roo Wu, Shang Chi Jou, Susyan TZU-PIN LU YU-CHI TUNG Hsu, Jui WEI J. CHEN |
關鍵字: | illicit drug | Ketamine | recidivism | recreational use | standardized mortality ratio | unnatural death | 公開日期: | 1-七月-2021 | 出版社: | WILEY | 卷: | 116 | 期: | 7 | 起(迄)頁: | 1770 | 來源出版物: | Addiction | 摘要: | Background and aims: Ketamine has become a new recreational drug of choice among young people in parts of Asia. Using national databases in Taiwan, this study aimed to (1) examine the yearly trend in the ketamine offence rate over time; (2) estimate the 3-year risk of drug-related re-offence and its correlates among the first-time offenders; and (3) estimate the 3-year standardized mortality ratio (SMR) among the first-time offenders. Design, Setting and Participants: Retrospective cohort studies of offenders for recreational ketamine use in a penalty system initiated in 2009. Offenders for recreational ketamine use were identified from the Administrative Penalty System for Schedule III/IV Substances database from 2009 to 2017, and the re-offence rate and mortality among first-time offenders were assessed via record-linkage within the database as well as with both the criminal drug offence database and the national mortality database. The cohort from 2009 to 2016 (n = 39 178) was used for the recidivism analysis and the cohort from 2009 to 2013 (n = 25 357) was used for the 3-year SMR analysis. Measurements: Recidivism was estimated using survival analysis of the event as re-arrest for using ketamine, more serious illicit drugs (Schedules I/II), or any illicit drugs (ketamine or Schedules I/II). SMRs were estimated for overall and cause-specific death within 3 years after the first offence for ketamine use. Findings: The age-standardized rates for both prevalent (1.38 per 1000) and first-time offenders (0.65 per 1000) peaked in 2013 and then decreased steadily. The 3-year risk of re-offence was 33.85% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 33.23–34.47%) for ketamine use and 39.52% (95% CI = 39.00–40.04%) for any illicit drug use. These first-time offenders had an SMR of 4.9 (95% CI = 4.3–5.4) for overall mortality, 2.1 (95% CI = 1.6–2.7) for natural deaths and 7.6 (95% CI = 6.7–8.6) for unnatural deaths. Conclusions: Recreational ketamine use in Taiwan appears to lead not only to high risk for drug-related re-offence but also to excess mortality. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/597763 | ISSN: | 09652140 | DOI: | 10.1111/add.15337 | SDG/關鍵字: | ketamine; adolescent; epidemiology; human; incidence; offender; recidivism; retrospective study; Taiwan; Adolescent; Criminals; Humans; Incidence; Ketamine; Recidivism; Retrospective Studies; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 健康政策與管理研究所 |
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