Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Abuse among High School Students in Nevesinje and Mostar

Dabic, Olivera, Martinac, Marko, Babic, Dragan, Kuzman, Marina, Alcoholism

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The goal of the paper was to examine the prevalence of psychoactive substance abuse among high school students in Nevesinje and Mostar, to find out the most frequent psychoactive substance among the students, the reasons for using drugs and the level of information regarding the presence of psychoactive drugs in the immediate environment. Of the total number of 140 subjects in the area of Nevesinje and Mostar, 56.4% were male, while 43.6% female subjects. The study included third and fourth-class high school students, aged between 17 and 19 years (mean age 18.5). The program system SPSS 11 for Windows was used for the statistical analysis, and the data was stored in MS …

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Publication information: Article title: Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Abuse among High School Students in Nevesinje and Mostar. Contributors: Dabic, Olivera - Author, Martinac, Marko - Author, Babic, Dragan - Author, Kuzman, Marina - Author. Journal title: Alcoholism. Volume: 47. Issue: 1 Publication date: January 1, 2011. Page number: 11+. © Centre for Study and Control of Alcoholism and Addictions, Zagreb 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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