title: [Drug abuse in Norway (author's transl)].
abstract: The author gives a review of the problems of drug dependences in Norway. The rate of use of and dependency to drugs is discussed with special reference to adolescent drug habits, as registered yearly since 1968. About 18 percent of adolescents in Oslo have tried cannabis once or several times (1972, 1973). Although, the situation seems to have stabilized during the last two or three years. In other big towns in Norway the percentage is about half of that in Stockholm and Copenhagen. The attitude of young people to the use of drugs, including cannabis, is strongly negative. Tendencies in adolescent use of and dependency on drugs are described. In adults dependency on benzodiazepines seems to be the most common type of dependency. The methods used in treatment of drug dependents in Norway are described, as are also the prophylactic measures.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008722:Methods; D009664:Norway; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D001569:Benzodiazepines
vernacular_title: Missbrauch von Drogen in Norwegen