Drug use is all the rave.

• Position: Teenagers - Brief article

In recent years, the popularity of "electronic dance music" and dance festivals has increased substantially. Even though data suggests drug use among adolescents in the general U.S. population has been declining,

targeted samples have shown nightclub attendees tend to report high rates, above that of the general population.

A study by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research is the first to examine the socio-demographic relationships between rave attendance and recent (12-month) use of various drugs by high school seniors.

"One out of five students reported ever attending a rave, and 7.7% reported attending at least monthly," says Joseph J. Palamar, assistant professor of population health at NYU Medical Center. "Females and highly religious students were less likely to attend raves, while students residing in cities, students with higher income, and those who go out for fun...