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Illegal Substance Use among Italian High School Students: Trends over 11 Years (1999–2009)

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  • Sabrina Molinaro
  • Valeria Siciliano
  • Olivia Curzio
  • Francesca Denoth
  • Stefano Salvadori
  • Fabio Mariani

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Purpose: To monitor changes in habits in drug use among Italian high school students. Methods: Cross-sectional European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) carried out in Italy annually for 11 years (1999–2009) with representative samples of youth attending high school. The sample size considered ranges from 15,752 to 41,365 students and response rate ranged from 85.5% to 98.6%. Data were analyzed to obtain measures of life-time prevalence (LT), use in the last year (LY), use in the last 30 days (LM), frequent use. Comparisons utilized difference in proportion tests. Tests for linear trends in proportion were performed using the Royston p trend test. Results: When the time-averaged value was considered, cannabis (30% LT) was the most, and heroin the least (2%) frequently used, with cocaine (5%), hallucinogens (2%) and stimulants (2%) in between. A clear gender gap is evident for all drugs, more obvious for hallucinogens (average M/F LY prevalence ratio 2, range 1.7–2.4, p

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  • Sabrina Molinaro & Valeria Siciliano & Olivia Curzio & Francesca Denoth & Stefano Salvadori & Fabio Mariani, 2011. "Illegal Substance Use among Italian High School Students: Trends over 11 Years (1999–2009)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(6), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0020482
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020482
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