Abstract
This paper focuses on the analysis of psychoactive substance use situation and preventive trends within communities of HE institutions in Lithuania. The researchers used a questionnaire, thus applying the quantitative research method. The research results: strong alcohol drinks among students of HE institutions are not popular; the respondents used psychoactive substances for the first time while still at secondary school; more than one tenth of the respondents indicated having driven a vehicle while under alcoholic intoxication at least once over the last 12 months. The alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance use situation among students could be related to psychosocial factors: the possibility to relax, to reduce stress, to experience pleasure, to overcome boredom and to communicate. The results of the survey reveal an imperative to start a discussion about the formation and implementation of preventive measures against psychoactive substance use within communities of Lithuanian HE institutions.
Highlights
The abuse of psychoactive substances is one of the crucial points for social health and societal issues in the European Union
This paper focuses on the analysis of psychoactive substance use situation and preventive trends within communities of HE institutions in Lithuania
The research revealed that strong alcohol drinks are not popular among students of Lithuanian higher education institutions
Summary
The abuse of psychoactive substances is one of the crucial points for social health and societal issues in the European Union. Jurgaitienė, Stasiuvienė, and Grubliauskienė (2010), Narkauskaitė, Juozulynas, Jurgelėnas, and Venalis (2011), Šaulinskienė, Bartkevičienė, Žiliukas, and Razbadauskas (2012), Newbury-Birch, Walshaw, and Kamali (2001), Tandheelkd, Plasschaert, Hoogstraten, and van Emmerik (2002), Hibell et al (2009) and Kounenou (2011, 2010) emphasize the seriousness of the problem of the use of psychoactive substances among students: the use of the substance is related to health issues and to the individual’s quality of life (the effects on social behavior in the family, in the labor market, in public). Jurgaitienė, Stasiuvienė, and Grubliauskienė (2010), Narkauskaitė, Juozulynas, Jurgelėnas, and Venalis (2011), Šaulinskienė, Bartkevičienė, Žiliukas, and Razbadauskas (2012), Newbury-Birch, Walshaw, and Kamali (2001), Tandheelkd, Plasschaert, Hoogstraten, and van Emmerik (2002), Hibell et al (2009) and Kounenou (2011, 2010) emphasize the seriousness of the problem of the use of psychoactive substances among students: the use of the substance is related to health issues and to the individual’s quality of life (the effects on social behavior in the family, in the labor market, in public). Sakamaki, Amamoto, Mochida, Shinfuku, and Toyama (2005), Škėmienė, Ustinavičienė, Piešinė, and Radišauskas
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