Cannabis Use among Adolescents: Risk Pattern, Implications and Possible Explanatory Variables

Translations

According to the Spanish Survey on Drug Use in Secondary Schools (ESTUDES), cannabis remains the most used illegal substance among Spanish adolescents, with around 3 out of 10 students reporting lifetime use.

Several studies have warned of the implications of the use of cannabis on...

Published by / Citation

Rial, A.; Burkhart, G.; Isorna, M.; Barreiro, C.; Varela, J.; Golpe, S. Cannabis use among adolescents: Risk pattern, implications and possible explanatory variables. Adicciones 2018

Country

Spain

Format

Scientific article

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Keywords

adolescent

adolescence

substance use

risk factors

Links

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Juliana Anake-Ugwu

My experience in counselling has taught me that there is no limit to the risky behavior of a user. Every action is on impulse. Unfortunately these actions are never positive, From dropping out of school to wandering in the street. The role of the family can not be over emphasized. A young man told me yesterday that had his father been alive, he would not have dared to smoke cannabis to the point of losing, because his father was firm, his mother on the other hand pampered him.