Peer, family integration and other determinants of cannabis use among teenagers.

摘要: Cannabis consumption is on the rise in French-speaking Community of Belgium, especially among teenagers. The physical and mental harms related to that drug prompted us search for factors associated with cannabis consumption. aim this paper thus identify a series potential predictors teenager's use particularly influence peer family integration. data analyzed were taken from 1998 bank "Health Behavior School-Aged Children", an international quantitative cross-national study, which takes place every four years. variables investigated integration habit (tobacco, alcohol or narcotic other than cannabis) as determinants experimentation, current usage (at least once month) regular week). Apart socio-demographic variables, these by univariate multivariate analysis (logistic regression). analyses covered 744 students Catholic high schools. Results showed 30.2% had tried smoke 50% them continued it at during previous month. Age, number income family, strong group [OR 7.7; CI 95% (3.5;17.3)] drug-consumption [for example, tobacco use: OR 7.4; (4.8;11.32)] experimentation. gender, nationality, average 2.13; (1.1;4.1)] drugs addiction nicotine 9.5; (5.6;16.3)] determined substance. Preventive action should improving into circle order prevent trial cannabis. In addition, prevention include (addictive) substances general.