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Ecstasy And Alcohol Use Among Students
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY a répondu le Wed 26 Nov, 2003 @ 2:18pm |
 Coolness: 91725 | Ecstasy use declines among students, but binge drinking a problem 21-11-2003 15:01
TORONTO,Canada - As is the case with most illicit drugs, the use of ecstasy is on the wane among students in Ontario, but binge drinking remains a problem, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health reported Tuesday. "The escalating trend in adolescent drug use that we have been following since the early 1990s has subsided, and there is some evidence of a downward movement," said Dr. Edward Adlaf, the centre's senior scientist and lead researcher on the annual Ontario Student Drug Use Survey. "The 2003 survey is (also) the first to show a decline in the use of ecstasy." Ecstasy use among students in 2003 was 4.1 per cent, compared with six per cent in 2001, Adlaf said. Just 15 per cent of students reported using an illicit drug other than cannabis in 2003, compared with 21 per cent in 2001. And while cannabis rates have been steady for several years, they're still high: 28 per cent compared with just 12 per cent 10 years ago. Indeed, cannabis is more prevalent than tobacco at 19 per cent - a far cry from 1999, when 28 per cent of respondents reported smoking cigarettes daily. Findings for 2003 are the lowest on record since 1977. "Most students do not use illicit drugs; indeed, about two-thirds have not used an illicit drug in the past year," Adlaf said. "Further, the majority of drug users who do report using drugs do so infrequently - one or two times during the past year." Perceptions about the dangers of illicit drugs have been declining, while the availability of those drugs has increased, he noted. "Despite this downward trend, it is important to note that current rates generally exceed those found in the 1990s." Among the survey's more troubling findings, however, was the 25 per cent of students who admitted to at least one drinking binge in 2003, compared with just 15 per cent 10 years earlier. Binge drinking is the consumption of five or more drinks in a single sitting. "Clearly, alcohol and binge drinking continues to be a problem," said Peter Coleridge, the centre's vice-president of communications, education and community health. "We're particularly concerned that youth still do not recognize that binge drinking is a hazardous and serious threat to their health." Binge drinking is identified as a health indicator for young people in Canada because of its association with accidents and injuries, said Andrea Stevens-Lavigne, the centre's director of communications, education and community health. "It is also an indicator of future problems with youth in terms of having alcohol problems down the road as adults," Stevens-Lavigne said. "There are also other risk factors and implications of heavy drinking; it could be social issues, fights, aggression, date rape - there are a number of issues that put youth at risk if in fact they're engaged in heavy drinking." Researchers also warned that cocaine use appears to be growing in popularity: five per cent of students reported using cocaine, compared with three per cent in 1999 and one per cent in 1993. Adlaf said it's possible that high-profile incidents of young people dying from ecstasy use in recent years has hurt the drug's popularity, leaving some young people to turn instead to cocaine. "Now, ecstasy is perceived as being a much more risky adventure, and in the interim, cocaine has risen somewhat, so we have a little bit of perhaps a substitution occurring." One in five students also reported getting behind the wheel after using marijuana, while one in seven admitted to drinking and driving, the survey found. Some 6,600 students in grades 7 through 12 from 126 schools across the province participated in the annual survey last spring. The centre also expects results in the new year from another study that's exploring the barriers that prevent youth from seeking and getting treatment for drug or alcohol abuse problems, Coleridge said. © Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Oliver_TwisteD a répondu le Thu 27 Nov, 2003 @ 2:57am |
 Coolness: 85720 | 5 or 6 beers is "Binge Drinking" ???
thats hilarious. "Among the survey's more troubling findings, however, was the 25 per cent of students who admitted to at least one drinking binge in 2003, compared with just 15 per cent 10 years earlier. Binge drinking is the consumption of five or more drinks in a single sitting. " and i thought binge drinking was when you drink for a week straight~ those silly ontario folk . . . :lol |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» marbleman a répondu le Sat 29 Nov, 2003 @ 10:53am |
 Coolness: 40190 | that defination of binge drinking apparently classifies me as a binge drinker 4 or 5 times a week...
jolly good stuff Students who consume large quantities of alcohol often face serious consequences related to their binge drinking. They are more likely to be the cause of property damage, have problems with local authorities, perform poorly in school, miss classes, experience injuries, be sexually assaulted, engage in risky sexual activity.....source
reminds me of a stat i saw on [ whatsyourantidrug.com ] which said: 'Teens who use drugs are 5 times more likely to have sex than are those teens who do not use drugs. (CASA)." that isn't really the best anti-drug campaign i have seen... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Oliver_TwisteD a répondu le Sat 29 Nov, 2003 @ 1:23pm |
| Coolness: 85720 | ahahahah. that quote makes me wanna start taking drugs again, maybe i'll get laid~ |
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