title: Survey on the use of psychotropic drugs by twelve military police units in the municipalities of Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of psychotropic drug use among military police officers in the state of Goiás, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study carried out at twelve military police units located in the municipalities of Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia between March to October 2008. Volunteers (n=221) were interviewed about drug use using a questionnaire especially designed by the Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas (CEBRID). Descriptive statistics was used to determine the prevalence of licit and illicit drug use in the study sample.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of use was divided into: 1) lifetime use: tobacco-39.9%, alcohol-87.8%, cannabis-8.1%, cocaine-1.8%, stimulants-7.2%, solvents-10.0%, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-6.8%, LSD-0.5%, Bentyl®-0.5%, anabolic steroids-5.4%; 2) use in the previous year: tobacco-15.4%, alcohol-72.9%, stimulants-6.3%, solvents-0.5%, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-3.7%; 3) use in the previous 30 days: tobacco-14.5%, alcohol-57.5%, stimulants-5.0%, solvents-0.5, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-3.7%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high prevalence rate of psychotropic drug use found amoung military police officers in two cities of the state of Goiás in Brazil can be considered an important factor with potential influence on job activities.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. sergionascente@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Sérgio Henrique Nascente
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos da
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Maurício
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonamine
authors.forename: Liuba Laxor
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Pucci
authors.forename: Fernando Gomes Ferreira
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Camila Gabriela de
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Guilherme Alves
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: Ana Paula de Toledo
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Ludmilla Barros
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Vinhal
authors.forename: Janayna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalastra
authors.forename: Cláudio Rodrigues
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Leles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016495:Police; D015995:Prevalence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs