Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Use and Associated Behavioral Risks among Secondary School Students in Tanzania

Substance use among secondary school students in an urban setting in Nigeria: prevalence and associated factors.

OBJECTIVE Substance use continues to be major risk behaviour among youth, with consequent physical and/or mental health complications. The current study aimed to establish the prevalence and associated factors of substance use among selected secondary school students in Lagos. METHOD This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study among selected secondary school students in Lagos. Permission...

Psychoactive Substance Use among Medical Students

Using a standard epidemiological survey instrument for psychoactive drug use, 215 medical students in three classes were studied. One third of all students reported non-medical drug use. The substances ever used were: betel nut 13%, smokeless tobacco 3%, cigarettes 12%, alcohol 12.5%, cannabis 0.9% and benzodiazepines 3.7%. Last month use was reported for four substances and daily use was repor...

Prevalence and pattern of substance use among the higher secondary school students of Imphal, Manipur, India.

BACKGROUND Substance use often begins in adolescence. We did a study to describe substance use and its associated factors among adolescent students in Imphal. METHODS We defined substance use as the use of licit and illicit substance other than when medically indicated. Using a WHO self-administered questionnaire, we collected Information about substance use from 61 randomly selected students...

Psychoactive Substance Use Among Nigerian Students; Patterns and Sociodemographic Correlates

The increase in use and misuse of psychoactive substances is a global challenge of grave public health concern. This study aims to ascertain the patterns and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substances among undergraduates in a Nigerian University. Two hundred and ninety three subjects participated in the study. Questionnaires on risk factors and variation of psychoactive substances...

Sudanese Medical Students’ Perceptions of Psychoactive Substance Use