Perfil do uso de substâncias psicoativas em universitários

Abstract

Perfil do uso de substâncias psicoativas em universitários Profile of psychoactive substance use in university students

Prevalência do uso de substâncias psicoativas por estudantes de medicina de uma escola da Bahia, 2018

“…The highest prevalence of illicit psychoactive substances found in this study was for marijuana, inhalants, amphetamines/ecstasy and hypnotics; although similar to that found in other Brazilian studies 34,35,36 , they are different in terms of the prevalence of marijuana use, which in this study was higher than that of tobacco, similar to what was observed in the Faculties/Universities of the municipality of Governador Valadares-Minas Gerais 37 and in students of a Medical School of the University in Greece 38 . According to a survey of American university students, the use of marijuana has shown a steady increase in the last decade.…”

“…These high prevalences of psychoactive substances use among university students can be explained by the fact that entry into higher education coincides with leaving adolescence and entering adulthood, with opening to new experiences and learning, participation in new social groups that can lead to lo the experimentation of new sensations such as the use of drugs 50,51,52 . The feeling of freedom, the socio-environmental opportunities, in a context of physicalbiological, social and psychological changes provided by the university environment can provide risk behaviors and a greater possibility of alcohol/drug consumption 37 .…”