Caracterización del consumo de drogas en adolescentes de los consultorios del posgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud 25 de Enero. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: The use of drugs compromises the health of adolescents begin one of the first causes of physical injuries and deaths premature. Characterize drug use in adolescents of postgraduate offices of Family and Community Medicine. Heath center January 25 it is the first objective. Materials and methods: An observational, descriptive and transversal research. Universe of 47 adolescents. Prior informed consent, a survey was conducted in writing, anonymously and for a single occasion in January and February of 2018. Results: Risk factors most frequently were: weak family ties (66.0%), friends who use drugs (66.0%) and family psychological abuse (49.0%). The age of onset was between 10 to 14 years (53.2%). main reasons were the curiosity (27.7%) and escape route (25.5%). The first drug used was the hashish (44.7%) by marijuana (40.4%). The school was the largest site for drug use in (74.5%) and the street was the site for the acquisition (48.9%). Conclusions: The consumption begins in the early adolescence with the hashish closely followed by the marijuana and the majority does it by curiosity. The school is a site frequent for use and for obtaining the street. The links family weak, peer groups and the middle school are risk factors important found in the population studied.