Illicit drug use in English adolescent students–result of cumulative mediation analyses

Wilkhu, Poonum

doi:10.1080/14659891.2021.1961890

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“…We found that both past-year and current illicit drug use among ABYM increased with increasing age. Our findings are consistent with findings from the United States which found an increase in use of any tobacco products and marijuana with age [ 38 , 44 ], and resonate with findings from England which reported a similar pattern [ 45 ]. Altogether, these studies confirm that age is a key influencer for illicit drug use, especially among older adolescents and young men.…”

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Use of tobacco and other illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda: A result of low parental attention?

Mulyowa,

Ssekamatte,

Kabwama

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Introduction Although the use of illicit drugs is common among young people, limited data exists on the use of illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men (ABYM). We assessed the use of tobacco, marijuana and khat among ABYM to inform the design of harm-reduction interventions. Methods This secondary analysis uses data from a formative study conducted among 2,500 ABYM across the five divisions of Kampala between July and August 2020. Survey questions were adopted from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey and Global School-based Student Health Survey. We computed proportions of ABYM that had ever used any form of tobacco or marijuana or khat in the past year and the proportion that had used any of these products in the past 30 days (i.e. ‘current users’). In a sub-group analysis, we assessed if any patterns existed between ABYM’s use of illicit drugs and selected parental attention attributes. Results Of 2,500 ABYM, 47.3% (n = 1,182) were aged 15–19 years. Overall, 16.4% (n = 410) reported past-year use of tobacco products while 11.6% (n = 289) and 10.5% (n = 263) reported past-year use of marijuana and khat, respectively. Current use of any illicit drugs was higher among past-year khat (46%, n = 133) and marijuana users (36.9%, n = 97) than past-year tobacco users (4%, n = 17). Current use of any illicit drugs was higher among out-of-school than in-school ABYM and increased with increasing age and education levels. However, parental attention was lower among out-of-school than in-school ABYM and decreased with increasing age and education levels. Conclusion Use of illicit drugs is common among ABYM and increased with age and education levels but parental attention among current illicit drug users decreased with increasing age and education levels. These findings suggest that interventions intended to improve parental attention among illicit drug users may help to reduce the prevalence of illicit drug use among ABYM.

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Use of tobacco and other illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda: A result of low parental attention?

Mulyowa,

Ssekamatte,

Kabwama

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Threats related to darknet web services have been reported by many authors [12]. At the same time, it is interesting to note that, for example, English teenagers and college students tried a drug for the first time in the company of their peers or older friends, which means that there were imitative, playing and group motives dominating with them [13]. All these features of drug addicted teenagers were clearly confirmed by the results of our study.…”

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Information technologies for resocialization of minors convicted of drug crimes

Tretyakov

2023

E3S Web of Conf.

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The serious concern of many specialists, who deal with the problems of drug addiction, regarding counteracting the spread of drug addiction among juvenile population and establishing the efficient targeted informational influences on underaged drug users and drug criminals for their social (psychological and pedagogical support) prompted the Author to write this Article. The article deals with both traditional, worldwide known rehabilitation approaches to drug addicted teenagers, and fundamentally new methods that take advantages of the digital environment. The Author paid particular attention to the analysis of the positive changes that (thanks to IT technologies) contributed to the formation of anti-drug attitudes, constructive motivation, and legal behavior skills of deviant minors who participated in the experiment. The Author also presented the data on psychological testing, that demonstrated the dynamics of empirical response of the adolescent in course of restoring their self-control and self-regulation, awakening their willingness to gaining new knowledge, to becoming successful and creative members of the information society. The Author comes to the conclusion that the digital environment can either destroy a child or form his/her positive attitudes, constructive motivation, readiness to give up drugs, to reintegrate, as well as serve as a tool that gives advice and signals to the appropriate specialists about the successful recovery of a client or (on the contrary) about a sudden deterioration of his/her condition (crisis, breakdowns, etc.).

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“…Previous research is also inconsistent regarding the association between gender and substance use. Some research suggests that gender does not predict use of tobacco and alcohol ( Van Ryzin et al, 2012 ) or illegal substances ( Van Ryzin et al, 2012 ; Wilkhu, 2021 ). Other studies indicate that males and females may be affected differently by specific domains during specific periods of their lives ( Epstein et al, 2017 ).…”

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Risk factors for substance use in Swedish adolescents: A study across substances and time points

Dennermalm

Karlsson

Ekendahl

2022

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Aim: The public health model for prevention of disease and disorder has been influential in informing interventions regarding substance use. While a number of risk factors within this model have been found to predict substance use, few studies have explored the associations across substances, at different time points and in the same individuals. The aim of this study was to test this model across legal and illegal substance use among adolescents, and to identify potential changes in associations over time. Methods: Data from two waves of a nationally representative cohort study among Swedish adolescents were used. Baseline data were collected in 2017 (9th grade) with a follow-up in 2019 (11th grade). Using modified Poisson regression analyses, we explored cross-sectional associations between factors from different domains and prevalence of cigarette use, binge-drinking and illegal drug use at both baseline and follow-up. Results: The results in part supported the public health model. Substance use was predicted by factors within the family, school and the individual/peer domain, but several associations were not statistically significant. The only consistent risk factors across substances and time points were lack of parental monitoring, truancy and minor criminal activities. Conclusion: Despite widely different prevalence rates across substances, some risk factors were consistently associated with adolescent substance use. Nonetheless, the findings challenge the assumption that risk factors are stable over adolescence. They suggest a need for flexible prevention interventions spanning across substances and legal boundaries of substances, but also over domains to reflect the heterogenous needs of adolescents.

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Illicit drug use in English adolescent students–result of cumulative mediation analyses

Cited by 4 publications

References 39 publications

Use of tobacco and other illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda: A result of low parental attention?

Use of tobacco and other illicit drugs among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda: A result of low parental attention?

Information technologies for resocialization of minors convicted of drug crimes

Risk factors for substance use in Swedish adolescents: A study across substances and time points

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