Alfaro Murillo E
Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1989 Dec;107(6):504-9.
This article provides a review of drug use surveys conducted by Costa Rica's Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse during the years 1983-1987. These studies dealt with a wide range of subjects--residents of marginal neighborhoods, juvenile male and adult female detainees, and high school students--as well as with the general population. Overall, these studies indicated that the most commonly used illicit drug was marijuana, that the bulk of the drug users (excluding alcohol and tobacco users) were young males, that relevant levels of cocaine use were starting to occur, and that the country's general drug abuse picture poses a problem in need of immediate attention.
本文回顾了哥斯达黎加酒精中毒和药物滥用研究所在1983年至1987年期间开展的药物使用调查。这些研究涉及广泛的对象——边缘社区居民、青少年男性和成年女性被拘留者以及高中生——还有普通人群。总体而言，这些研究表明，最常用的非法药物是大麻，大多数吸毒者（不包括酗酒者和吸烟者）是年轻男性，可卡因的相关使用水平开始出现，该国药物滥用的总体情况构成了一个急需关注的问题。
