RAŠIRENOST ZLOUPORABE SREDSTAVA OVISNOSTI MEĐU HRVATSKIM SREDNJOŠKOLCIMA
THE INCIDENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG CROATIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to examine the incidence and characteristics of smoking tobacco, alcohol consumption and the abuse of different types of drugs among Croatian youth. The research was conducted on a representative sample (N=2 823) of Croatian high school students. A comprehensive questionnaire was devised for examining the frequency of smoking, alcohol consumption and abuse of various drugs along with the characteristics of the examinees and their families. The results were analysed with regard to age and gender differences regarding the frequency of substance abuse. During their lives 21.2% of high school students tried drugs, and a total of one fourth of those who tried drugs did it by the age of fifteen. The abuse of drugs is most widespread in the southern coastal area of Croatia, and in the City of Zagreb and northern coastal area. Within the month preceding the research, 62.2% of students consumed alcohol, 47.1% had successively five or more drinks in a day. Four fifths of the students smoked cigarettes once or twice in their lives, half of them in the last month, and one third of them smoke daily. Older students, as well as male students, use substances more often.

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