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Dube KC, Kumar A, Kumar N, Gupta SP.
“Prevalence and pattern of drug use amongst college students”.
Acta psychiat.scand.. 1978;57:336-356.
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Abstract
This is a report on the study of the prevalence and pattern of the use of dependence-producing drugs on 1,192 postgraduate students from the faculties of Arts, Science and Commerce and final year undergraduate medical students. The overall prevalence rate of drug ;> use was 50 08 % (65.22 0n medical and 34.85 0n non-medical students). The highest drug use (76.43 %) was among male medical students. Male students preferred to use alcohol and bhang whale females had a preference for meprobamate followed by alcohol. A; In the majority of cases, the age of initiation was in the "teens". "Friends" were most responsible for suggesting drug use, although "more than one" influencing agents out-numbered aU the single in fluencing agents. Parents were found to have a significantly "tol erant" attitude towards drug use by their ofl-spring. "Personal rea sons" were not responsible for indulgence in or abstaining from , drug use. L.S.D. users had the maximum number of aher-effects. : The effects experienced in respect of most drugs were generally unpleasant and sometimes contrary to the expectations of users. - Most "non-users" and "infrequent users" did not favour self-deci sion for drug indulgence though some "moderate" and."frequent" - users were in favour of giving this freedom for some substances. ; Stringent measures against drug use among students were advocated by all drug users. More males, particularly male medical students, than females reported drug experience. Among male users, religion, caste, earlier education, residence (both sexes), employment status, occupation of the father, parental education and family income (among females as well) were the variables found to be significantly associated with drug use.
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