title: [Cocaine abuse and multiple use of psychoactive substances in university students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the prevalence of cocaine consumption among university students and to analyse the use of other drugs among the regular cocaine consumers.
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study performed within the Education, Sciences and Psychology Faculties and the Nursing and Polytechnic Schools belonging to the University of Girona. The selected sample included 2139 first year university students. A self-constructed questionnaire was used to obtain the information regarding gender, age, Faculty, and the status of consume.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants were 47.2% males and 52.8% females, with an age range between 17 and 35 years old (median=21 years, SD=3.14). One per-cent of the participants considered themselves usual cocaine consumers. Nine out of every 10 students also use alcohol (95.2%) and cannabis (90.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It has been shown that university students have health threatening habits, such as cocaine abuse. It is more common the use of other drugs among cocaine users than among non-consumers. Preventive and educational programs at the university may be required to reduce and prevent toxic substances abuse among university students.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Girona, Gerona, España.
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patiño-Masó
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gras-Pérez
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Font-Mayolas
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baltasar-Bagué
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs