Esra DEMIRARSLAN, Zeynep ARABACI, Canan KAS GÜNER, Atila ÇAĞLAR

PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCE USE IN KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS'

Substance use is; threatening the youth, costly to the economy and health, incurable chronic disease. Recognized as the causative agent of chronic disease, substances are also described as doping. In this study, information related to the substance use of students from Kastamonu University are included. Methods: study was conducted in three campuses. The universe was 12841 students educated during 2012-2013 academic year. The sample was collected from three campuses, selected by randomly 10% of the universe, calculated as 1284, 1463 students were reached. Was conducted in December 2014. "Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Substance Use of University Students" survey was applied to the students. Descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, percent, variance), single-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, x2, ANOVA; Games-Howell post hoc was used for analyzing. Conclusion: The substance heart by students mostly is cannabis (n=1193). This was followed by heroin (n=1090), ecstasy (n=989) and crack (n=872). First tried substances were cannabis (n=1219) and LSD (n=190). Not knowing what it was trying are located on the third (n=22). Most of the students have declared that they obtained the substances for first try from someone they know, but not personal (n=154). That one of his friends (n=46), buying from someone they did not know (n=11) and receiving older family members (n=10) are followed. Almost all of the students declared that they tried for the first time before the age of 15 for all substances. Students generally tend to not declare their campuses. They were statistically not significant between campuses (p>0.05).

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PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCE USE IN KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS',

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Esra DEMIRARSLAN, Zeynep ARABACI, Canan KAS GÜNER, Atila ÇAĞLAR
Kastamonu University Fazil Boyner Health Nursing Department, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Tosya Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Taşköprü Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu, Turkey, Kastamonu University Faculty of Education Department of Elementary Science Education 37100 Kastamonu Turkey