title: [Illicit drug consumption among adolescents. An epidemiologic survey carried out in 1993 among 12,391 adolescents between 11 and 19 years old].
abstract: In 1993, a large epidemiological health study was carried out among a French school population, aged 11 to 19 (sample size = 12,391). Illicit drugs consumption was one of the topics investigated. 15% of French adolescents experimented illicit drugs, this proportion increased from 4% (11-12 aged old) to 30% (18 aged old and over). Young people who tasted illicit drugs went often to pubs and nightclubs. Multinomial regression analysis indicated that 1/sex, socio-economic status and parents' matrimonial status are only weakly related to drug consumption; 2/ location (urban, rural, suburban), nationality and origin (French, no French), participation to extra-curricular activities (e.g. sport) are not related to drug consumption. Involvements of prevention were suggested.
authors.affiliation: l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM U. 169), Villejuif.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choquet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs