Porcentaje de continuidad del consumo de la mariguana en México: Una aproximación desde las encuestas nacionales de adicciones
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| author | Patricia Cravioto |
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| contents | Porcentaje de continuidad del consumo de la mariguana en México: Una aproximación desde las encuestas nacionales de adicciones Patricia Cravioto Nivaldo Linares Guadalupe García La Torre María Elena Medina Medicina surveys Drug use marihuana prevalence The National Addiction Surveys conducted between 1988and 1998 demonstrate that marihuana is among the mostconsumed illicit drugs in Mexico, not only among the generalpopulation but also among both sexes and all agegroups. The prevalence of the consumption of this drughas increased significantly from 2.9% in 1988 to 4.7% in1998, which reveals that the number of people reportinghaving used marihuana at least once in their life increasedto slightly over 2 million in 1998. To evaluate drugconsumption, multiple epidemiologic indicators were usedtaking into account several characteristics of thisphenomenon, such as the magnitude of its use, itsbehavioral tendencies, and the geographic extension ofits use. One of these indicators is the "rate" of its continueduse, which describes the percentage of those that, afterhaving initiated drug use, continued using it, and also ofthose who increased its use. This unique opportunity touse data gathered in three of the national surveys (ENA88, 93, and 98) provides the possibility of analyzing thebehavior of marihuana consumption in Mexico, evaluatingthe main factors that contribute to the initation andcontinuation of this practice, and comparing the numberof users of this drug in terms of the general populationsize... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58222501 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.25 |
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| spellingShingle | Porcentaje de continuidad del consumo de la mariguana en México: Una aproximación desde las encuestas nacionales de adicciones Patricia Cravioto Medicina surveys Drug use marihuana prevalence Porcentaje de continuidad del consumo de la mariguana en México: Una aproximación desde las encuestas nacionales de adicciones Patricia Cravioto Nivaldo Linares Guadalupe García La Torre María Elena Medina Medicina surveys Drug use marihuana prevalence The National Addiction Surveys conducted between 1988and 1998 demonstrate that marihuana is among the mostconsumed illicit drugs in Mexico, not only among the generalpopulation but also among both sexes and all agegroups. The prevalence of the consumption of this drughas increased significantly from 2.9% in 1988 to 4.7% in1998, which reveals that the number of people reportinghaving used marihuana at least once in their life increasedto slightly over 2 million in 1998. To evaluate drugconsumption, multiple epidemiologic indicators were usedtaking into account several characteristics of thisphenomenon, such as the magnitude of its use, itsbehavioral tendencies, and the geographic extension ofits use. One of these indicators is the "rate" of its continueduse, which describes the percentage of those that, afterhaving initiated drug use, continued using it, and also ofthose who increased its use. This unique opportunity touse data gathered in three of the national surveys (ENA88, 93, and 98) provides the possibility of analyzing thebehavior of marihuana consumption in Mexico, evaluatingthe main factors that contribute to the initation andcontinuation of this practice, and comparing the numberof users of this drug in terms of the general populationsize... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58222501 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.25 |
| title | Porcentaje de continuidad del consumo de la mariguana en México: Una aproximación desde las encuestas nacionales de adicciones |
| topic | Medicina surveys Drug use marihuana prevalence |
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