Consumo de drogas lícitas (álcool, fumo) e ilícitas (recreativas) entre ingressantes da Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Abstract

The present study aimed the increase of knowledge about the consumption of licit and illicit drugs in the college students and the additive behavior. Drug abuse in general is characterized as a widespread phenomenon worldwide with serious consequences, posing a significant threat to the health and social and economic structure of families, communities and nations. The main aim of study was to evaluate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use, as well as its associated factors among freshmen students from the Federal University of Pelotas. In particular it aimed to determine the simultaneous consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs and the simultaneous consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and illicit drugs, thus identifying individuals with greater health risk. His results will be used to draw future interventions against smoking, alcohol and illicit drugs use among young people, especially in college students. The instruments proposed to respond to the objectives were the AUDIT questionnaire, to evaluate alcohol consumption, 3 questions to evaluate smoking, 10 questions to evaluate the consumption of five kind of illicit drugs in lifetime and in the last 30 days. We found that the lifetime use of alcohol was 92.00%, current smoker prevalence was 11.02%, and the lifetime use of at least one illicit drug was 43.91% and at least one illicit drug use in the last 30 days was 23.30%. The simultaneous consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs was 5.21% and the associated risk factors were higher economic class, younger drug experimentation age and exact and agrarian sciences. Regarding the simultaneous consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs, the prevalence was 13.61% and associated risk factors were being male, from higher economic class, depressed, younger alcohol experimentation age, courses from linguistics, letters and arts area and living alone or with friends.