Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues

摘要: In the past year, Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by media. This study hypothesized that not increased at rate suggested A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 usinga multistage probabilistic representative sample of middle high school students country's 27 state capitals. total 50,890 valid questionnaires were weighted, analyzed results compared to 2004 national dataset. Considering lifetime year use, no change consumption found between 2010. Official data Brazil does support assertion epidemic widely publicized measures treat prevent are encouraged; however, term inappropriately used represent static prevalence among students.