PREVALENCE OF DRUG INTAKE AMONG STUDENTS

This paper presents some results on prevalence of drug use among high schools students derived from the national survey of drug use in the s cholar community that was taken by the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry and the Ministry of Public Education in 1991; the results are from si x states: Jalisco, Distrito Federal, Baja California, Tamaulipas, Chia pas and Oaxaca. Among the most relevant data are: Tobacco and alcohol are the drugs more frequently consumed by the students, the other toxi c substances have lower rates, inhalants specially among males, are th e preferred substances followed by marijuana and anphetamines. It is p rominent the fact that for the first time this population reports havi ng experimented with ''crack''. The states with higher rates of consum ption are: Baja California, Jalisco and Distrito Federal. In relation to other associated variables like perceived availability of drugs, st udents reports that is easier to get marijuana than heroin or cocaine. In friends consume the greater percentages are in the entities that h ave more elevated indexes of consumption.