Medina-Mora M E, Villatorio J A, López E K, Berenzon S, Carreño S, Juárez F
División de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Sociales, Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría.
Gac Med Mex. 1995 Jul-Aug;131(4):383-93.
This article describes the results from a drug use survey conducted among high school students of the Federal District. The analysis suggested that being male and attending the last three years of high-school, differentiated significantly users from non users. These two variables, along with an older age, differentiated students that had used one substance from those that had used more than one. These variables had no effect on the decision of stopping the use after experimenting or continuing the use of substances. Significant variables were also perception of availability, having friends, parents or brothers that use substances, or to knowing drug users; peer approval and low perception of risk. Depression symptoms differentiated only users from non users but suicidal tendency grew with use; receiving information from friends influenced the decision of experimenting and of using more than one substance. Finally, the more severe patterns were related to the perception that there are no consequences for drug use in the school.
本文介绍了在联邦区高中生中进行的一项药物使用调查的结果。分析表明，男性以及处于高中最后三年的学生，在使用者和非使用者之间存在显著差异。这两个变量，再加上年龄较大，区分了使用过一种药物的学生和使用过不止一种药物的学生。这些变量对尝试药物后停止使用或继续使用药物的决定没有影响。显著变量还包括对药物可得性的认知、有使用药物的朋友、父母或兄弟，或者认识吸毒者；同伴认可和对风险的低认知。抑郁症状仅区分了使用者和非使用者，但自杀倾向随着药物使用而增加；从朋友那里获得信息影响了尝试药物和使用不止一种药物的决定。最后，更严重的模式与认为在学校使用药物没有后果的认知有关。
