Consumo de substancias que producen dependencia en Colombia / Consumption of dependency-producing substances in Colombia
Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam
;
107(6): 485-494, dic. 1989. graf
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS, SES-SP
| ID: lil-367871
ABSTRACT
In 1987 a study was made of the consumption of dependency-producing substances in the urban population of Colombia. For this purpose the prevalence survey method was applied to a representative sample of 2,800 individuals between the ages of 12 and 64. The descriptive analysis was supplemented by the exploration of causal associations and measurement of the strength of such associations by means of the prevalence ratio coupled with calculation of the degree of statistical significance. The study included three substances whose consumption is socially accepted - alcohol, tobacco, and tranquilizers - and another three considered to be illicit - basuco (coca-paste), cacaine, and marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco were the two drugs most used by both sexes (560 and 297 per 1,000 subjects studied, respectively.) Tranquilizers, the only one of the drugs in the study that was used more by women, ranked third (60 per 1,000). Reported in much smaller proportions were marijuana (11 per 1,000), basuco (6 per 1,000), and cocaine (3 per 1,000). It may be noted that the consumption of basuco has recently reached a level double that of cocaine. Analysis of the use and abuse of these substances by age, marital status, socioeconomic situation, and other variables indicates that the prevalence of consumption is higher in the medium age groups
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Assunto principal:
Tabagismo
/
Tranquilizantes
/
Fumar Maconha
/
Cocaína
/
Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
/
Alcoolismo
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
/
Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Colômbia
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
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