Substance use by fourth-year students at 13 U.S. medical schools

Conard, Scott; Hughes, Patrick H.; Baldwin, DeWitt C.; Achenbach, Karl; Sheehan, David V.

doi:10.1097/00001888-198810000-00002

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“…dIscussIon Alcohol, tobacco, and psychotropic drug use is a worldwide health problem, which has prompted a wealth of studies on the issue. University students 19,20 , including medical students, are affected by substance use [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]21 . In researching the issue, one must take particular care to avoid generalizing data analyzed from a preconceived standpoint, particularly in light of cultural, political, and social stances towards psychotropic substance use [22][23][24] .…”

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“…Overall, studies have shown that alcohol is the most widely consumed drug worldwide [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . Country-specific and international results are similar in terms of alcohol consumption, differing mostly with respect to length of use and amount of alcoholic beverages consumed 22 .…”

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“…Newbury-Birch et al (2001) investigated the prevalence of drug use in a group of students at Newcastle University Medical School (England) during their undergraduate studies and after their first year as house officers, and found that mean alcohol and illicit drug consumption increased significantly over this period 11 . Conard et al (1998) showed that tranquilizer use was highly prevalent among medical students; on the other hand, cannabis, cocaine, or tobacco consumption were infrequent in the study sample 7 . In a 2000 study, Petroianu et al reported that anxiolytics and stimulants were the drugs most often consumed by medical students 13 .…”

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“…Due to their knowledge of and ease of access to various drugs, physicians and medical students have been assessed as a possible target of substance abuse [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . The high rate of psychotropic drug use among physicians is a well established fact 2 .…”

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“…It is therefore important to ascertain the prevalence and patterns of substance use among medical students 7,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . Newbury-Birch et al (2001) investigated the prevalence of drug use in a group of students at Newcastle University Medical School (England) during their undergraduate studies and after their first year as house officers, and found that mean alcohol and illicit drug consumption increased significantly over this period 11 .…”

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Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Reis²,

Cunha³

et al. 2010

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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objectIve. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drug consumption by students of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) School of Medicine, Brazil, and to ascertain aspects related to substance use in this population. Methods. This study was carried out with students of all years of the UFMG Medicine course, who were invited to participate anonymously by answering a self-administered questionnaire that has previously been validated and adapted to the Brazilian reality. The instrument was based on World Health Organization methods for development of student drug use surveys and included 25 questions on substance use. The Student t test and chi-square testing were performed for comparison of means and proportions. results. Alcohol and tobacco were the most commonly used substances, consumed by 85.2% and 16.3% of students respectively. Among the psychotropic drugs, use of cannabis was reported by 16.5% of students, LSD by 6.9%, sedatives by 12%, amphetamines by 7.5% and inhalant substances by 16.8%. Use of cocaine, crack, opiates, anticholinergics and anabolic steroids was rarely mentioned. conclusIon. Alcohol was the most widely used substance, and its consumption was associated with other drug addictions. Drugs were used most frequently by single, male students who live alone and need not work to support themselves.

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