Citation

Chodorowski Z, Anand JS, Salamon M, Waldman W, Wnuk K, Ciechanowicz R, Swiatek-Brzeziński K. Przegl. Lek. 2001; 58(4): 267-271.

Vernacular Title

Ocena uzywania srodkow uzalezniajacych przez studentow wyzszych uczelni Gdanska.

Affiliation

I Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych I Ostrych Zatruć Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Przeglad Lekarski)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11450350

Abstract

Anonymous questionnaire examinations were performed among 1585 students from eight universities in Gdańsk, including 664 men and 921 woman from 17 to 48 (mean 21.4 +/- 2.26) years old. Illicit drugs were used by 45.9% of them, including 33.7% applying sporadically. Since a large group of respondents (approx. 24%) used from two to seven narcotics, frequency of students' contacts with different narcotics, given below, was altogether higher than 45.9%. Women significantly less frequently than men were taken two or more illicit drugs (chi 2 = 69.4; p < 0.0001). Cannabis was used by approx. 41% respondents (including about 29.8% applying sporadically), amphetamine by about 11% (including about 7.4% applying sporadically), LSD and magic mushrooms approx. 3.7% each, cocaine 1.1%. A few students took opium alkaloids, ecstasy, jimson-weed, and peyote. Men applied illicit drugs significantly more often than women did (chi 2 = 65.16; p < 0.0001). Drug addicted students (approx. 1.4%) smoked more cigarettes and drunk more alcohol. The frequency of illicit drugs use was the highest among students from Academy of Fine Arts (about 70%), University School of Physical Education (about 58%) and Gdańsk University (about 49%). Respondents of Priest Seminary have had no contacts with narcotics.

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