Personal Experience

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 906-906
Author(s):  
RICHARD H. SCHWARTZ
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Documented Information ◽  
The Many ◽  
Smoking Marijuana

I am pleased that Milman and Bennett continue to research and publicize the problems that frequent marijuana use by young people can cause. I am grateful to Dr Milman for her ceaseless efforts to educate the medical community about the many dangers to humans of all ages of smoking marijuana. As one who suffered greatly as a result of believing widely publicized but poorly documented information regarding the innocence of using cannabis, I hope that others will also be enlightened by Milman's findings, and by my own, showing the dangers of drug use by adolescents and the pain that such use can cause.

Perceived Risks of Marijuana and Alcohol Use: Comparisons of Non-Users and Regular Users

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Orcutt ◽  
Donald A. Biggs
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Perceived Risks

Survey data on various risks attributed to drug use are analyzed through two-way comparisons of non-users and regular users of marijuana and alcohol. For both drugs, non-users perceive considerably greater risk in use than do regular users. For most kinds of drug-related risks, alcohol use is perceived as involving the same or greater degrees of risk than is marijuana use. The findings suggest that young people will not attach a great deal of credibility to propaganda emphasizing the risks of marijuana use.

scholarly journals Representations of Psychoactive Drugs’ Use in Mass Culture and Their Impact on Audiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6000
Author(s):  
Marek A. Motyka ◽  
Ahmed Al-Imam
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Film Music ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Frequent Contact ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Staying At Home

Drug use has been increasing worldwide over recent decades. Apart from the determinants of drug initiation established in numerous studies, the authors wish to draw attention to other equally important factors, which may contribute to augmenting this phenomenon. The article aims to draw attention to the content of mass culture, especially representations of drug use in mass media, which may influence the liberalization of attitudes towards drugs and their use. The role of mass culture and its impact on the audience is discussed. It presents an overview of drug representations in the content of mass culture, e.g., in film, music, literature, and the occurrence of drug references in everyday products, e.g., food, clothes, and cosmetics. Attention was drawn to liberal attitudes of celebrities and their admissions to drug use, particularly to the impact of the presented positions on the attitudes of the audience, especially young people for whom musicians, actors, and celebrities are regarded as authorities. Indications for further preventive actions were also presented. Attention was drawn to the need to take appropriate action due to the time of the COVID-19 pandemic when many people staying at home (due to lockdown or quarantine) have the possibility of much more frequent contact with mass culture content, which may distort the image of drugs.

scholarly journals Trajectories of drug use among French young people: Prototypical stages of involvement in illicit drug use

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 485-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Baggio ◽  
Stanislas Spilka ◽  
Joseph Studer ◽  
Katia Iglesias ◽  
Gerhard Gmel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use

Characteristics of Female College Student Drug Use

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart H. Traub
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Basic Assumption ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Female College Student ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Female College ◽  
Student Drug Use ◽  
Role Conceptions

The purpose of this study was to focus attention on distinctive features of female college student drug use in general and marijuana use in particular. A basic assumption underlying this research was that with recent depolarization of many sex-typed role conceptions we can expect that many women will engage in behavior which previously was predominantly associated with males. The use of marijuana, as well as various other drugs, by women is one such area where this change may be occurring. The results indicate that the gap in marijuana useage patterns between females and males has substantially narrowed. Female marijuana users were also found to use other drugs quite extensively, to have a significant number of friends who use marijuana, and to increase thier use of other drugs after having first used marijuana. The findings also elaborate on factors perceived as influential among both users and nonusers in the decision to use, continue using, and discontinuing the use of marijuana.

scholarly journals The Speed User: Social and Psychological Factors in Amphetamine Abuse

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saul V. Levine ◽  
David D. Lloyd ◽  
William H. Longdon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Psychological Disturbance ◽  
Amphetamine Abuse ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Chronic Amphetamine

Two hundred and eighteen chronic amphetamine users, ranging in age from thirteen to thirty years were interviewed to ascertain if common factors in backgrounds, life styles, and personalities exist. They were divided into six groups based on locale and sex, and important differences were noted. This essentially middle-class phenomenon is extremely destructive to these young people but it was quite obvious that the socio-psychological disturbance in most of them pre-dated the heavy drug use.

scholarly journals Sports participation and drug use among young people in Mauritius

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komalsingh Rambaree ◽  
Fariba Mousavi ◽  
Fereshteh Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Sports Participation
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