Historique
Périodique
Young people's drug use : facts and feelings-implications for the normalization debate
(La consommation des jeunes : les faits et les sentiments -implications pour un débat sur la normalisation)
Auteur(s) :
WIBBERLEY C. ;
PRICE, J. F.
Année
2000
Page(s) :
147-162
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
19
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
CANNABIS
;
HEROINE
;
AMPHETAMINE
;
PREVALENCE
;
PERCEPTION
;
OPINION
Note générale :
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2000, 7, (2), 147-162
Note de contenu :
tabl. ; graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Much is known about patterns of drug use by young people - especially in terms of measures of 'ever' usage; but relatively little is known about young people's feelings about such usage. This paper will present findings of a quantitative study based on a previous qualitative study. Findings are reported on: drug use; views on the use of cannabis, amphetamines and heroin; views on the health risks of various drugs, and the relationship between reported drug use and expressed views. The findings are discussed in relation to the extent to which illegal drug use can be considered to be 'normalized' as part of young people's lives, towards the end of their compulsory schooling. Whilst the findings provide some evidence for both sides of the "normalization debate", it is concluded that there is only weak evidence that normalization, even of cannabis use, is true for young people of this age (15-16 years old). However, if drug use is increasing and the age of onset of such use decreasing, then for these young people as they get older, and for future cohorts at the end of their compulsory schooling, normalization of certain forms of drug use may occur. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Dept Health Care Studies, Gaskell Campus,Hathersage Rd, Manchester M13 0JA
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.