Abstract
It is possible that men consume a higher amount of legal and illegal drugs than women. This can be assessed using the peer methodology, that is an adaptation of the privileged access interviewers (PAI) method and allows to identify populations in which there may be a tendency to under state a phenomenon (hidden populations) To compare the consumption of legal and illegal drugs by gender. Drug consumption was assessed using a peer methodology in university students between 18 and 26 years of age. A random sample of 56 women (mean age 21.6 years) and 86 men (mean age 21.5 years), was studied. Women tended to report a higher proportion of tobacco consumption than men. Both genders had a similar consumption behavior of alcohol, total legal drugs, marihuana, cocaine, ecstasies and total illegal drugs. Among subjects that recognized the consumption of legal drugs, men have a higher proportion of illicit drug use and women have a higher proportion of smoking. Men have a higher awareness of the damages caused by drug consumption. The results in these small population sample do not support the hypothesis that men have a higher frequency and proportion of illicit drug consumption.
Highlights
It is possible that men consume a higher amount of legal and illegal drugs than women
En todas las subpoblaciones, presentan un mayor porcentaje frente al hábito de fumar que los hombres, como también se hace notar que los índices obtenidos en estas subpoblaciones son mayores a otros estudios realizados sobre el consumo de drogas por género
De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos sobre el consumo de drogas por género, se puede indicar que las diferencias del consumo tienden a anularse y por otro lado, los índices obtenidos a través de esta metodología son mayores a otros estudios
Summary
It is possible that men consume a higher amount of legal and illegal drugs than women. Women tended to report a higher proportion of tobacco consumption than men Both genders had a similar consumption behavior of alcohol, total legal drugs, marihuana, cocaine, ecstasies and total illegal drugs. Dentro del consumo de drogas en nuestro país, el alcoholismo es una de las mayores preocupaciones, que está atacando cada vez con mayor fuerza a la población de jóvenes[10,17,18,19,20]. Al igual que en la mayoría de los estudios, el consumo de drogas lícitas es muy superior al consumo de drogas ilícitas, independiente del género, situación también válida en los estudios de población escolar. La hipótesis general que se plantea es que los hombres declararan consumir drogas en una mayor proporción y cantidad que el consumo declarado por las mujeres
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