Table 3.
Reason for use.
| Reason for use* | 1 (%) | 2 (%) | 3 (%) | 4 (%) | 5 (%) | 6 (%) | 7 (%) | 8 (%) | 9 (%) | 10 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-access psychoactive substances | ||||||||||
| Alcohol | 0.9 | 0.5 | 81.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 20.2 |
| Tobacco | 19.2 | 9.1 | 52.3 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 19.1 | 0 .2 | 27.7 |
| Nitrous oxide | 0.3 | 0.7 | 86.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Sulbutiamine | 85.7 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 14.3 |
| Use of prescription drugs | ||||||||||
| Benzodiazepines | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 78.3 | 17.0 |
| Opioids | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 74.0 | 9.7 |
| Corticoids | 2.90 | 2.90 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 91.8 | 5.8 |
| Beta-blockers | 8.8 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 88.2 | 14.7 |
| Methylphenidate | 56.7 | 43.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 66.7 | 6.7 |
| Modafinil | 75.0 | 87.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 0.0 |
| Piracetam | 33.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 44.4 |
| Use of illegal drugs | ||||||||||
| Amphetamine and methamphetamines prescription drugs | 8.9 | 2.2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 28.9 | 38.9 |
| Cannabis | 7.3 | 3.1 | 86.6 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 26.0 | 2.9 | 9.2 |
| Cocaine | 17.8 | 33.3 | 85.1 | 14.9 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| MDMA | 2.4 | 10.0 | 92.7 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 37.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Amphetamines | 9.1 | 15.4 | 70.5 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 30.3 | 18.1 | 4.7 |
| Mushrooms | 1.1 | 4.5 | 88.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| LSD | 4.0 | 12.0 | 84.2 | 3.0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 66.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Methamphetamines | 11.9 | 26.9 | 82.1 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| NPS | 14.6 | 26.8 | 65.9 | 12.20 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 7.3 | 61.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| GHB | 5.9 | 8.2 | 44.1 | 5.9 | 0 | 32.4 | 0 | 38.2 | 2.9 | 33.3 |
| Heroin | 12.5 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 37.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
*
The students could report multiple reasons for use for a given substance
1: Helps with concentration
2: Improves alertness and wakefulness
3: Search for a recreational effect (exhilaration, euphoria, and fun)
4: Balances the effect of other drugs during the drug break
5: Improvement of physical abilities (muscle mass gain)
6: Improvement of sexual abilities
7: Weight loss
8: Experimentation (testing new psychoactive drugs)
9: Medical treatment
10: Others
GHB: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; LSD: lysergic acid diethylamide; MDMA: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; NPS: new psychoactive substances.