El objetivo es describir los hábitos recreativos, uso de drogas y conductas de riesgo entre jóvenes que salen de noche durante los fines de semana, y estimar la relevancia predictiva de la vida recreativa sobre el uso de drogas legales o ilegales, teniendo en cuenta otros factores de riesgo individuales. La muestra incluye 1340 jóvenes entrevistados en cinco ciudades españolas. Casi todos abusan del tabaco y alcohol. Se ha dividido la muestra en los que consumieron (775; 58%) o no alguna droga ilegal recientemente (565; 42%). El uso de drogas ilegales aparece asociado con diversas características personales: inicio más temprano en el consumo de cannabis y alcohol, sexo masculino, menor percepción del riesgo en el uso de drogas, mayor búsqueda de sensaciones y mayor implicación en conductas -problema y desviadas socialmente. Los consumidores de drogas ilegales se distinguen también en sus hábitos recreativos (salen más, buscan contextos con mayor disponibilidad de drogas, tienen distintas motivaciones para salir). Un análisis multivariante clasificó correctamente casi cuatro de cada cinco sujetos no-consumidores o consumidores de drogas ilegales. Entre los factores estudiados, los relacionados con la vida recreativa fueron los mejores predictores del uso de drogas. Se desprende de estos datos la necesidad de estudiar en profundidad la vida recreativa de los jóvenes e integrar el contexto recreativo en los objetivos de la prevención del uso y abuso de drogas. ABSTRACTThe objective is to describe recreational habits, drug use and risk behaviours in the young going out for enjoyment the weekends, and to estimate the predictive relevance of recreational related variables on drug use, in comparison with other intrapersonal risk factors. The sample comprises 1340 young people interviewed in 5 Spanish cities. Almost all of them abused alcohol or tobacco recently. We divided the sample in two groups, using (775; 58%) any illicit substance last month or not (565; 42%). The use of illegal drugs is associated in our sample with a number of intrapersonal factors: younger ages of onset for cannabis and alcohol, male sex, lower risk perception, greater sensation seeking, involvement in risk behaviours and in problem behaviours. Illegal drug users are also distinguished by their recreational habits (greater involvement and different motivation in going out looking for different contexts in recreational nightlife). A multivariate analysis correctly classified four out of five individuals using legal or illegal drugs. Among the factors studied, recreational styles were the best predictors of drug use. It suggests the need to make an in depth study of weekend recreational habits and add them to the objectives of the prevention of drug use and misuse.
Drug prevention must be guided by an adequate selection of the risk and protection factors. Individual and community factors most closely linked to marginalisation, poverty etc. are the ones that were, traditionally, of particular interest but, at the present time, recreational drug use depends on totally new conditions: the weekend night time recreational culture and the leisure industry which has generated an extremely widespread supply of a kind of entertainment in which the music, dancing and recreational drug use occupy an important place. The young who take part in these activities do so very frequently and are generally middleclass, good students with a low perception of the problems arising from drug use and of their effects. The importance of the woman as new drug user is notable. Reviewing prevention in recreational contexts undertaken up to now in Europe, it can be seen that it is based mainly on providing information and on harm reduction. These are actions that are unevaluated and presumed to be insufficient, when not ineffectivewith the exception of those that directly aim to improve the recreational context-as they do not accomplish the demands of research into prevention. To be effective in these settings, prevention must take the cultural aspects into consideration, directly questioning the current recreational logic, and must reach an agreement with the leisure industry
Tastart como biólogo y padre científico de la primera niña francesa fecundada en una probeta, se plantea reflexiones éticas y contradicciones sugeridas por la trascendencia de las investigaciones en el terreno de la reproducción humana. Tastart además de tener una relación empírica con la ciencia tiene la virtud humanista de ser crítico con su actividad y situar las aportaciones científicas y médicas en el contexto social y cultural donde se desarrollan y aplican. La finalidad del libro parece ser la de divulgar la práctica científica con un lenguaje comprensible para la población no experta. De esta forma busca hacer partícipe al conjunto de la sociedad de la dinámica y consecuencias de la investigación.
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