Volume 1, Number 2 (November 2011). Trends and patterns in licit and illicit drug use in Amsterdam nightlife, 2010.

Antenna is a mixed-method study that annually monitors trends in nightlife and substance use among Amsterdam adolescents and young adults. It combines and integrates qualitative data from a panel study (semi-annual interviews with a panel of avid nightlifers and professionals from various nightlife scenes) with quantitative data from annual surveys among various populations of young people as well as from substance use prevention indicators. In 2010, Antenna included a survey among 590 pubgoers. Current use (i.e. use of a substance in the past month) was highest for alcohol (99%), followed by tobacco (54%) and then cannabis (23%), ecstasy (13%), cocaine (12%), amphetamine (2%) and GHB (2%). Regarding new drugs, 2% reported lifetime use of mephedrone, and less than 1% was a current user.

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