The Perspective of Young Adults Who Experience Homelessness About the Links Between Music and the Psychoactive Substance Use Trajectory

This study aimed to describe and understand the links between musical activities (i.e. listening, playing, attending festive events, belonging music-based communities) addictive trajectory of homeless young adults who experience problematic psychoactive substance (PS) use. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 aged 18 30 years old, explore how music modulated their trajectory. A thematic analysis performed. Music most often constituted a tool used control, reduce, or recover from PS use, sometimes led initiation novel substances, increased consumption, relapses. These benefits harms varied according specific individual contextual factors. Almost half sample reported no link better comprehension will guide development adapted harm reduction interventions that account for adults’ strengths.