Sylbing G, Persoon J M
Bull Narc. 1985 Oct-Dec;37(4):51-60.
A nation-wide survey of cannabis use, based on a representative sample of 1,306 young people in the 15-to-24 age group, carried out in the Netherlands in 1983, showed that cannabis had been used or tried by 12.2 per cent of the respondents (13 per cent males and 11 per cent females). These results, compared with the results of a study carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics in 1979 and 1980, showed an increase in cannabis use. In the three largest cities, the percentage of cannabis users (25 per cent) was double that of the country as a whole. The percentage of cannabis use was higher among the older age groups of respondents; the study also showed that the lower the age at first cannabis use the higher the risk of continuing and becoming involved with more dangerous drugs such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines. The rates of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the use of heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillizers were significantly higher among cannabis users than among respondents who were not using cannabis. The rate of cannabis use was significantly higher among the unemployed respondents than among those who had a job. The authors suggest that these findings should be taken into account in designing preventive measures and other forms of intervention programmes to deal with cannabis-related problems among young people.
1983年在荷兰针对15至24岁年龄组的1306名年轻人进行的具有代表性的全国性大麻使用情况调查显示，12.2%的受访者（13%为男性，11%为女性）曾使用或尝试过大麻。将这些结果与中央统计局在1979年和1980年进行的一项研究结果相比较，发现大麻使用情况有所增加。在三个最大的城市，大麻使用者的比例（25%）是全国总体比例的两倍。在年龄较大的受访者群体中，大麻使用比例更高；该研究还表明，首次使用大麻的年龄越低，继续使用并接触可卡因、海洛因和安非他明等更危险毒品的风险就越高。大麻使用者中饮酒、吸烟以及使用海洛因、安非他明、可卡因、安眠药和镇静剂的比例显著高于未使用大麻的受访者。失业受访者中的大麻使用率显著高于有工作的受访者。作者建议，在设计预防措施和其他形式的干预方案以解决年轻人中与大麻相关的问题时，应考虑到这些发现。
