title: The non-medical use of psychoactive substances among male secondary school students in Egypt: an epidemiological study.
abstract: The paper reports on an epidemiological study of the non-medical use of psychoactive substances by secondary school male students in Greater Cairo. The main aim of the study was to provide factual answers to the questions: (1) How prevalent is drug abuse among male school students? (2) What are the psychoactive substances most commonly used? (3) What sociopsychological variables are meaningfully associated with the use of substances?
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002188:Cannabis; D003479:Curriculum; D004534:Egypt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009892:Opium; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D009892:Opium