title: Volatile substance misuse among high school students in South America.
abstract: This article summarizes data from a 2004 study of over 300,000 high school students (aged 13-18 years) in nine South American countries. A probabilistic sample targeted urban secondary schools, utilizing a self-administered questionnaire on prevalence and frequency of substance use. Multivariate analysis showed that volatile substances were the first or second most commonly reported substances used after alcohol and cigarettes in all countries (lifetime prevalence range: 2.67% [Paraguay] to 16.55% [Brazil]). Previous studies have highlighted volatile substance misuse among street children, whereas this study demonstrates that it is common among South American high school students.
authors: Organization of American States, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, Red Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Drogas, Washington, District of Columbia 20006, USA. mhynes@oas.org
authors: Marya
authors: M
authors: Hynes-Dowell
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Mateu-Gelabert
authors: Helena Maria Taunhauser
authors: HM
authors: Barros
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Delva
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