Party Time!! The subculture of the drugs using in home party

• Main Authors: Pei-Shan Wu, 吳佩珊
• Other Authors: Jou,Su-Syan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71082058926475500095

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 犯罪學研究所 === 98 === In regards to drug issues and the usage of drugs, most domestic research focus on the users’ features, treatment, or analysis of the drug itself. There are seldom researches or data that focuses on “field” (or “location”) where the drug is used, so this study will use qualitative in-depth interviews to focus on the drug usage field “home party” and explore the cultural relationship between home parties and drugs. Sample collection for this research was not easy, so this study uses convenience sampling and the method of snowballing. Cases that meet the conditions of this study were chosen from treatment centers (observation and rehabilitation centers), police stations, and referral of friends, including five heterosexuals and three homosexuals, a total of eight home party drug users were given interviews. The discussion contents include demographic characteristics of home party participants, motivation, purpose of joining a home party, home party information, drug source, type and properties of drugs used in home parties, and choice of location. Findings are as follows: I. The age range of home party drug users are between 20-30 years old; the ratio of male to female is pretty even, sometimes there are more female than male. Their occupational usually belong in the eight main industries (in Taiwan this means industries that are usually complicated and related to sex, gangster, alcohol, gambling, and drugs etc), students are a minority, because drug usage requires a certain amount of economic level. II. Motivation, the first time is usually based on curiosity, and continuous participation is because of the enjoyment of drugs and feelings from being in the scene. Since home parties are hosted by friends, communication is usually passed on from person to person, using telephone or Internet as a channel of communication. If a stranger hosts the party, the Internet will be the main communication tool to “release” the details. The number of participants is usually around 6 to 10 people. III. Home parties usually use club drugs. Music with strong beat and dim lighting will usually be present at the site. IV. Home party activities are divided into simple drug usage and drug-sex home party, the latter usually accompanied with the use of “aphrodisiac”. V. The location is usually chosen in places that are safe, private, spacious, and have good sound and lighting facilities; so it is usually hosted in motels or houses. VI. The evolution of home party drug culture originally began from the rave culture; it was introduced into Taiwan with the combination of music. The culture started popularly in pubs, restaurants, and KTV, but the vigorous inspections and raids by the police forced the culture to move to safer and more private places. It moved to places such as hotels, and with the combination of music and light entertainment, so begins the rise of “home party” drug culture. This study recommends the following: I.The policy of controlling drug usage in home parties should start from personal drug control. II. Decriminalization of drug usage. III. Recommendations for future studies- 1. Increase the ratio of female respondents. 2. Create a statistical database.