Historique
Article de Périodique
Usage de cannabis chez les jeunes aux Pays-Bas (1985)
Cannabis use among young people in the Netherlands
Auteur(s) :
SYLBING G. ;
PERSOON J. M. G.
Année
1985
Page(s) :
51-61
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
16
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
AGE
;
JEUNE
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
MILIEU ETUDIANT
;
CONSOMMATION
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
EMPLOI
;
OPINION
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Résultats d'une enquête auprès d'un échantillon de 1306 jeunes de 15 à 24 ans aux Pays-Bas en 1983. Il en ressort une augmentation par rapport à de précédentes enquêtes avec 12, 2 % de consommateurs. Ce taux atteint 25 % dans les grandes villes. Plus le consommateur commence jeune, plus le risque que sa consommation soit durable ou s'oriente vers des drogues comme l’héroïne ou la cocaïne est grand. L'usage d'autres substances (alcool, tabac, amphétamines, héroïne, etc.) est plus fréquent chez les consommateurs de cannabis que chez les non-consommateurs. L'usage de cannabis est plus fréquent chez les chômeurs que chez les jeunes ayant un emploi. Les opinions sur les dangers du cannabis diffèrent de façon très sensible selon que la personne interrogée a elle-même déjà consommé du cannabis ou ne l'a jamais fait.
ENGLISH:
A nation-wide survey of cannabis use, based on a representative sample of 1,306 young people in the 15-to-24 age group, carried out in the Netherlands in 1983, showed that cannabis had been used or tried by 12.2 per cent of the respondents (13 per cent males and 11 per cent females). These results, compared with the results of a study carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics in 1979 and 1980, showed an increase in cannabis use. In the three largest cities, the percentage of cannabis users (25 per cent) was double that of the country as a whole. The percentage of cannabis use was higher among the older age groups of respondents; the study also showed that the lower the age at first cannabis use the higher the risk of continuing and becoming involved with more dangerous drugs such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines. The rates of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the use of heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillizers were significantly higher among cannabis users than among respondents who were not using cannabis. The rate of cannabis use was significantly higher among the unemployed respondents than among those who had a job. The authors suggest that these findings should be taken into account in designing preventive measures and other forms of intervention programmes to deal with cannabis-related problems among young people.
Résultats d'une enquête auprès d'un échantillon de 1306 jeunes de 15 à 24 ans aux Pays-Bas en 1983. Il en ressort une augmentation par rapport à de précédentes enquêtes avec 12, 2 % de consommateurs. Ce taux atteint 25 % dans les grandes villes. Plus le consommateur commence jeune, plus le risque que sa consommation soit durable ou s'oriente vers des drogues comme l’héroïne ou la cocaïne est grand. L'usage d'autres substances (alcool, tabac, amphétamines, héroïne, etc.) est plus fréquent chez les consommateurs de cannabis que chez les non-consommateurs. L'usage de cannabis est plus fréquent chez les chômeurs que chez les jeunes ayant un emploi. Les opinions sur les dangers du cannabis diffèrent de façon très sensible selon que la personne interrogée a elle-même déjà consommé du cannabis ou ne l'a jamais fait.
ENGLISH:
A nation-wide survey of cannabis use, based on a representative sample of 1,306 young people in the 15-to-24 age group, carried out in the Netherlands in 1983, showed that cannabis had been used or tried by 12.2 per cent of the respondents (13 per cent males and 11 per cent females). These results, compared with the results of a study carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics in 1979 and 1980, showed an increase in cannabis use. In the three largest cities, the percentage of cannabis users (25 per cent) was double that of the country as a whole. The percentage of cannabis use was higher among the older age groups of respondents; the study also showed that the lower the age at first cannabis use the higher the risk of continuing and becoming involved with more dangerous drugs such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines. The rates of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the use of heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillizers were significantly higher among cannabis users than among respondents who were not using cannabis. The rate of cannabis use was significantly higher among the unemployed respondents than among those who had a job. The authors suggest that these findings should be taken into account in designing preventive measures and other forms of intervention programmes to deal with cannabis-related problems among young people.
Affiliation :
The Foundation for the Scientific Study of Alcohol and Drug Use (SWOAD), Amsterdam, Netherlands