@article{ref1,
title="Substance use among high school students in Greece: outburst of illicit drug use in a society under change",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2000",
author="Kokkevi, Anna and Terzidou, M. and Politikou, K. and Stefanis, Costas N.",
volume="58",
number="1-2",
pages="181-188",
abstract="Trends in self-reported substance use in surveys of Greek adolescent students show that regular tobacco smoking increased in 1998 (20.8%) after having fallen between 1984 (22%) and 1993 (14.6%). Frequent alcohol consumption decreased in 1998 to 12.1%, from around 15% in both previous surveys. A sharp increase was observed in illicit drug use from 6% in 1993 to 13.7% in 1998. Unprescribed use of psychoactive medicines continued to decrease steadily from 53.8% in 1984 to 31.8% in 1998. Perceived availability and risks of cannabis parallel trends in use. Policy measures and recent sociocultural changes seem to influence illicit use.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}