drogas psicotropicas

ARTIGO ARTICLE

Uso de psicotrópicos entre universitários da área da saúde da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brasil
Use of psychoactive drugs by health sciences undergraduate students at the Federal University in Amazonas, Brazil
Ana Cyra dos Santos Lucas 1
Rosana Cristina Pereira Parente 2
Neila Soares Picanço 3
Denis Alvaci Conceição 1
Karen Regina Carim da Costa 1
Igor Rafael dos Santos Magalhães
João Cladirson Alves Siqueira 1

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Abstract
1 Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade
Federal do Amazonas,
Manaus, Brasil.
2 Instituto de Ciências
Exatas, Universidade
Federal do Amazonas,
Manaus, Brasil.
3 Grupo de Pesquisa em
Toxicologia, Universidade
Federal do Amazonas,
Manaus, Brasil.
Correspondência
A. C. S. Lucas
Departamento de Análises
Clínicas e Toxicológicas,
Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade
Federal do Amazonas.
Rua Com. Alexandre
Amorim 330, Manaus, AM
69053-030, Brasil. [e-mail] Introdução

A survey was conducted with 521 undergraduate health sciences students from the Federal
University in Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. Lifetime alcohol consumption was reported by
87.7% students, as compared to 30.7% for tobacco, with the latter reported more frequently by males (39.7%). The most common illicit drugs were solvents (11.9%), marijuana (9.4%), amphetamines and anxiolytics (9.2% each), cocaine (2.1%), and hallucinogens (1.2%). The main reason for illicit drug use was curiosity.
Lifetime use of anabolic steroids was reported by 2.1% of the students. Alcohol abuse in the previous 30 days was reported by 12.4% of the students. Events following drinking included: fights (4.7%), accidents (2.4%), classroom absenteeism (33.7%), and job absenteeism (11.8%).
Another important finding was that 47.3% of students drove after drinking. Opinions on drug abuse and patterns agree with those from similar studies in other regions of Brazil.

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