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Marijuana, Crack and Cocaine Consumption in Undergraduate Brazilian Students
Author(s) -
Miranda Renato Pricoli,
Olcerenko Bianca Giovanna Batista,
Rebecchi Cassio,
Taricano Ingrid Dragan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.820.10
Subject(s) - cannabis , ecstasy , addiction , crack cocaine , sample (material) , data collection , psychology , alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , illicit drug , population , psychiatry , environmental health , medicine , medical education , clinical psychology , drug , alcohol , social science , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , chromatography
Drug addiction is one of the most prominent problems in many developing countries, including Brazil. Our study was aimed to investigate the relationship of the use of marijuana, the illicit drug with the biggest use prevalence in the world, with the use of crack/cocaine in undergraduate students from the city of São Paulo, covering samples from the north, south, east, west and center regions. The study sample comprised 907 undergraduate students. The group of respondents was chosen to represent undergraduate students of this city. Data on lifetime and recent frequency and intensity of use for alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, LSD and cocaine was collected. METHODOLOGY The instrument used for data collection was Google FormsTM. The instant addition of responses to the data set makes this tool appealing for research purposes. Additionally, the respondents involved in the study have been regularly using Google FormsTM, and it was therefore considered the most appropriate method for data collection. The results of the survey was statistically analyzed. Within the various areas the group of students from medical, biology, nursing, engineering, architecture, psychology, and other courses, were chosen because their experience using these tools. Data on lifetime and recent frequency and intensity of use for alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, LSD and cocaine are presented. RESULTS Participants already use illicit drugs. The greater consumption between the interviewed university population is marijuana, while the prevalence of cocaine use is 5% and crack 0.6%. According to the results obtained, 4.07% (37) of the participants had the use of marijuana associated with crack/cocaine, being that the marijuana/cocaine use relationship was 91.89% (34), the relationship of use marijuana/crack/cocaine was 8,11% (3), while the relationship of the use of marijuana associated only to the use of crack was not observed. CONCLUSION The relation of illicit drug use in undergraduate health area is the highest consumption indices. These results show some paradox, since the area in question is just formed by the professionals that will work with physical, psychological and social problems arising out of the use of drugs. This work was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration. CAAE(Br)67881517.1.0000.5511. All participants had full understanding and signed informed consent document. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .