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46 = USING INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (Smith et al., 2009; Smith & Osborn, 2007). SK, JNP, and JR determined the themes and the emerging themes and reached consensus. Themes grouping to emergent themes were revised by the second group of authors (BB, TTK, KK, VAG). A consensus was then reached regarding the emergent themes. According to Rodham et al. (2015), the reliability could be ensured during the IPA analysis by the shared analysis of researchers. The analysis focused on participants’ interpretations of their experiences derived from the use of SCs. The emergent and master themes are presented in Table 2. 3.3. RESULTS Participants in this study interpreted their personal experiences of using SCs. Due to the novel effects of the drug, they perceived SCs to be unpredictable (first master theme) and that the drug took over their lives (second master theme). Master themes Emergent themes 1.SCs are Unpredictable effects unpredictable Rapid alteration of experiences from positive to negative Interpersonal context: SCs both take away old friends and give new ones 2. SCs take over Interpersonal context: becoming asocial people's lives Interpersonal context: the drug becomes a friend Intrapersonal context: the drug hijacks the personality 2. Table Emergent and master themes 3.3.1. Unpredictable effects Participants started using SCs by recommendations of others in their user group or this was the first drug they have tried. They reported that the effects of the drug were very different from those of other drugs; therefore, they perceived the effects of SCs to be unpredictable and that big differences in the effect could be observed at each drug consumption episode. »Everybody has different experiences about it, when I smoke, I feel normal, I feel it a little bit inside, but I do not look different. And he (a friend) smoked once and passed out for at least two hours.” (Ricsi)
