Experimentación con sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes españoles:perfil de consumo en función de los niveles de edad

Abstract

The young experimentation with initiation drugs (alcohol and tobacco) and, by smaller measurement, with illegal psychoactive substances is associated to young leisure trends distinguished by super activation, peer-groups tying and the satisfaction in own practices of the recreative culture. The precocious consumption is placed in first years of adolescence, so we have achieved an exploratory study with a sample of secondary school students of the Principado de Asturias (Spain) between twelve and eighteen years old. The aim of the study is to offer a differential profile of consumption depending on the levels of age. A week-end consumption trend with more habituation and use frequency by level of age has been found out. The user mentality with a distorted risk perception has been confirmed. We conclude that preventive to educative, state and community level politics ought to be promoted.