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KMID : 0378019950380120105
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New Medical Journal
1995 Volume.38 No. 12 p.105 ~ p.122
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A Literature Review on the Drug use of Adolescent in Korea
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Abstract
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The present study aims to uncover the reality of drug use of young people in Korea. Based on the investigations of the use of Opiates and psychotropic durgs of young people performed before 1994, it analyzes the amount, modes of drug use, and some(possible) relevant factors adopted in those investigations under study.
Some of the major results are summarized as follows.
1. As far as the amount of drug use is concerned, it appears that Caffein drugs is most frequently used. While female prefer to use Stimulants, Minor Tranquilizer, and Hypnotic, male tend to use Cocain. Amphetamine, Opiates, Inhalants, Marihuana, Hallucinogens more. In all these drugs, high schoolers use more amount of them than middle schoolers do. It manifested that there is close association between immoral practices and the use of Minor Tranquilizers, Marihuana, Inhalants.
2. Concerning the method of purchasing drugs, if we include non-narcotic analgesics, drugs are purchased at the drugstore in 75.1% of the cases. On the other hand, if Opiates and psychotropic drugs are at issue, top priority lies in buying them from their friends or seniors(20.9%). The most compelling reason why they use drugs, which amounts to 42.8% of the population under study, was to be from hardships. As for expenditure for drug use, less than 500 Won were spent in 63.5% of all the cases. Money for purchasing drugs were from their allowance in 71.8% of young students and in 36.7% of delinquent youths. In the case of delinquent youths, robbery and stealing also amount to the quite high rate of 32.8%.
3. There seems no association whatsoever between religion and the drug use. If parents are indifferent to or overprotective of their children, the use of Inhalants, Minor Tranquilizers, Hypnotic are more frequently used. Drugs are more consumed, as they are less interested in schooling, as academic performance is less satisfactory, as they have fewer number of friends.
about 62% of young students use drugs alone, while 45.2% of delinquent youths use drugs 3 or 4 people as a group. Most of the drug use show strong association with immoral practices. fn particular, the use of Inhalante is closely intertwined with immoral practices such as leaving home,
police protection, capture of money and other articles.
4. As far as the method of research used by the investigations under study, the investigations of the drug abuse turn out to be mostly investigations of drug use experience rather than that of drug abuse. In its classifications of drugs, since there is no solid ground for classification, there arc some unclarities of categorizing drugs. In the investigations of the modes of drug use and the relevant factors in drug use, due to the lack of individualized investigation per different types of drugs, the differences between their modes of using and relevant factors according to the different drug types are not clearly presented.
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