Gómez CZ, Landeros RP, Noa PM, Patricio MS

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Drug abuse among young people is considered a serious public health problem. Objective: To know the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs among university students. Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study, 434 students of the University Center of Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the University of Guadalajara, randomly selected, of both sexes, were questionnaires about the consumption of alcohol tobacco and other drugs, the statistical analysis was made through the student's t test and the χ² test. Results In the present study, 49% were women and 51% men, 84.6% consume some alcohol, and beer was the preferred drink. 26.7% are smokers, with a higher representation for men (over 33.5%) while women were 19.7% showing statistically significant difference (p‹0.01). 12.8% of the surveyed people used illegal drugs in the last month, and 23.8% in the last year. 35.9% consumed some illicit drug at least once in their life, the main illegal drug used was marijuana. Conclusions: In the present study, a high percentage of students consumed alcohol that increased the risk of using illegal drugs (OR = 2.64; IC 95%: 1.22 – 5.73). It is necessary to implement programs on the part of the university authorities oriented to the prevention and reduction of the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other addictive substances.