Changes in the use of drugs among Norwegian youth year by year from 1968 to 1989.
The Norwegian National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research has each spring, since 1968, conducted a survey of the youth of Oslo, the capital of Norway, to determine their use of drugs and their attitudes towards them. These and other surveys, as well as data from the police, provide a basis for a description of certain main traits in the development of drug use in Norway. The surveys suggest--amongst other things--that there has been no increase in the use of drugs among young people in Norway since the beginning of the 1980s. Cannabis is by far the illicit drug most commonly used, and use of drugs like amphetamines, cocaine and heroin seems to be rather limited. The surveys also suggest that alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking declined somewhat among Norwegian youth towards the end of 1980s.
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National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Oslo, Norway.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000639:trends; D001290:Attitude; D002188:Cannabis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000639:trends; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*