title: Sociocultural differences between former and current users of psychoactive drugs in a sample of college student.
abstract: The paper present the results of a study on the underlying sociocultural factors which distinguish "former users" of drugs from "current users" among the college youth. Belonging to a similar social milieu, the two sets showed little difference in many respects. There were, however, features on which the two differed. Those who gave up drug use were mostly from the middle or lower strata of society, and had tolerant but drug abstaining family members. They were mostly junior students pursing "professional courses", and had fewer drug-using friends. Also they did not view drugs with favour. Giving up drug use had been mainly their personal decision, perhaps prompted by the influence of their family members and peer-group and by their own experience with drugs. Thus the former users have been found to differ noticeably from the current users.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs