The city provides its citizens with great variety of nightlife venues, however some of them, more then others, could potentially enhance drug-related activity among the partygoers. This study...Show moreThe city provides its citizens with great variety of nightlife venues, however some of them, more then others, could potentially enhance drug-related activity among the partygoers. This study examines a particularly Dutch subculture of Gabber to address the relationships between the culture, drug use, urban setting and mental wellbeing in comparison to the visitors of mainstream clubs. To asses these relationships present paper uses a combination of the consecutive methods: Brief Addiction Monitor (BAM), World Health Organization Quality Of Live (WHOQOL-BREF), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWL), Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Survey (NEWS) and self developed questions. The results display pronounced trends of higher drug use and stronger connection of the subculture to drugs among individuals affiliating themselves as gabbers. In addition this research shows that gabbers do not suffer from poorer mental wellbeing and that the urban setting has no influence on the drug intake.Show less
