Inhalants as Intermediate Drugs Between Legal and Illegal Drugs Among Middle and High School Students

The aims of this study are to: (1) describe the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of inhalant use among middle and high school students in Brazil, and (2) test the hypothesis of inhalants being intermediate drugs between legal and illegal drug use. A representative sample of 5226 stude...

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Published in:Journal of addictive diseases 2013-04, Vol.32 (2), p.217-226
Main Authors: Sanchez, Zila M., Ribeiro, Luciana A., Moura, Yone G., Noto, Ana R., Martins, Silvia S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
adolescents
Age Factors
Alcohol use
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Drug Abuse
Drug addictions
Drug use
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Health Surveys
High School Students
High schools
Humans
Inhalant Abuse - epidemiology
Inhalants
Initiation
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana Abuse - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Private Schools
Proportional Hazards Models
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Secondary school students
Selfreport
Smoking - epidemiology
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
Street Drugs
student
Students
Students - statistics & numerical data
Substance Abuse
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toxicology
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Summary:The aims of this study are to: (1) describe the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of inhalant use among middle and high school students in Brazil, and (2) test the hypothesis of inhalants being intermediate drugs between legal and illegal drug use. A representative sample of 5226 students from private schools in São Paulo, Brazil, was selected to answer a self-report questionnaire. Weighted data was analyzed through Cox proportional hazards models. In the overall sample, inhalants seems to be an intermediate drug, since prior inhalant initiation was associated with first marijuana use, adjusted for previous alcohol and tobacco initiation.
ISSN:1055-0887
1545-0848
DOI:10.1080/10550887.2013.795472