期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2017
卷号：24
期号：2
页码：350-355
DOI：10.26444/aaem/74449
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Taking psychoactive substances constitutes a significant problem for Public Health, particularly in preventingdrug abuse and addiction.Objectives. To estimate the amount and incidence of drug consumption in middle and high school pupils, including thecircumstances in which drug taking first started, and to determine pupils’ knowledge about the consequences of takingpsychoactive substances and designer drugs (DDs).Materials and methods. A randomised study was conducted throughout Poland on 9,360 pupils attending middleschool (junior high school) in 2009 and 7,971 pupils from middle and high school pupils in 2011. The survey consisted ofa questionnaire devised by the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS) and the replies obtained were subject to the relevantstatistical analyses.Results. Drug taking was found to have increased between 2009–2011, especially among those attending high school;proportionally rising from 4% – 11%. The numbers who had ever taken designer drugs were 3% for middle school pupilsand 4% from high school.Conclusions. 1) Adolescent drug consumption has increased, particularly in those of older age and in boys. 2) Despite theonly brief interval for which designer drugs were legal, they have gained high popularity among the young. 3) Adolescentshave insufficient knowledge about the dangers of using DDs. 4) Faced with the growing threat of a dynamic designer drugmarket, appropriate counter-measures in education and prevention are therefore necessary.
