TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Substance use among high school students in Greece: outburst of illicit drug use in a society under change
JO  - Drug and alcohol dependence
A1  - Kokkevi, Anna
A1  - Terzidou, M.
A1  - Politikou, K.
A1  - Stefanis, Costas N.
SP  - 181
EP  - 188
VL  - 58
IS  - 1-2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0376-8716
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -