Table 2.
Patterns of substance use among students.
| Use since first entering university (%) | Ever felt addicteda(%) | Current frequency of consumptiona (%) 1. Less than once a month 2. Once a month 3. Once a week 4. Every day or almost every day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-access psychoactive substances | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Alcohol | 80.0 | 12.6 | 37.2 | 21.8 | 34.5 | 6.6 |
| Tobaccob | 40.3 | 52.4 | NAb | |||
| Nitrous oxide | 6.8 | 3.0 | 98.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Sulbutiamine | 0.6 | 7.1 | 75 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 21.4 |
| Use of prescription drugs | ||||||
| Benzodiazepines | 15.4 | 34.1 | 57.7 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 19.6 |
| Opioids | 14.7 | 18.6 | 82.6 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Corticoids | 8.5 | 6.3 | 81.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 11.1 |
| Beta-blockers | 3.1 | 14.0 | 56.6 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 33.1 |
| Methylphenidate | 0.7 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 43.3 |
| Modafinil | 0.4 | 18.8 | 37.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Piracetam | 0.2 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 22.2 |
| Use of illegal drugs | ||||||
| Amphetamine and/or methamphetamines prescription drugs | 2.1 | 30.0 | 58.9 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 10.0 |
| Cannabis | 34.0 | 23.8 | 69.8 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 10.0 |
| Cocaine | 7.5 | 23.0 | 86.8 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 |
| MDMA | 6.5 | 12.8 | 91.7 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Amphetamines | 5.7 | 20.5 | 72.8 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 14.6 |
| Mushrooms | 4.0 | 1.1 | 98.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| LSD | 2.4 | 4.0 | 97.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Methamphetamine | 1.5 | 19.4 | 90 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| NPS | 0.9 | 17.1 | 75.6 | 12.2 | 4.9 | 7.3 |
| GHB | 0.8 | 11.8 | 91.2 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Heroin | 0.2 | 50 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
a
Among students who have used the substance since first entering university.
b
Current frequency of tobacco use in different categories, with 48.3% of the students reporting smoking less than once per month, 6.9% once per month, 10.8% once per week, 26.3% 1–10 cigarettes/day, 6.6% 11–20 cigarettes/day, and 1.1% more than 20 cigarettes per day.
GHB: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; LSD: lysergic acid diethylamide; MDMA: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; NPS: new psychoactive substances