Patterns and correlates of new psychoactive substance use in a sample of Australian high school students

Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

“…This is at variance with other studies which maintain that family history of substance abuse is also significantly associated with other substances apart from opioids [22,23].…”

“…This is in line with findings from other studies [21,22,23]. It is important to note that there is a pathway in the brain that is responsible for rewarding behaviour.…”

Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Psychoactive Substance Abuse by Adolescents in Serbia

“…The lack of a friend is a positive correlation with the abuse of tobacco, and illicit drugs, and the negative with the abuse of alcohol (Malta et al, 2014). Also young people who abuse psychoactive substances, are more likely to have higher levels of psychological stress and decreased levels of self-efficacy to resist peer pressure (Champion et al, 2016). Other studies have in turn shown that the lower the level of education of parents associated with a higher risk of psychoactive substances abuse (Johnston et al, 2011), while the characteristics of the family in the sense that they live with their parents and have a parental control (when parents know what the child is doing in his spare time) negatively associated with such a high-risk behavior (Malta et al, 2014).…”

Effectiveness of a universal internet‐based prevention program for ecstasy and new psychoactive substances: a cluster randomized controlled trial

“…Recommendations suggest that NPS prevention should occur during health education classes, make use of new technologies and be taught alongside other drug education . Indeed, our recent study found that Australian students who had used NPS did not differ from users of traditional illicit drugs, and suggested that NPS prevention be incorporated into existing universal prevention . More specifically, a report from the United Kingdom recommended that concerns about ‘older drugs’ such as ecstasy should be considered when developing NPS prevention strategies.…”