Drugs and Youth : A Global Perspective

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Drugs and Youth. 3. ODMHSAS. 4. Drugs and youth: an international perspective. 5. Human dependence behavioural theory. 6. Drugs and young offenders. 7. Drug abuse and adolescent development. 8. Some reflections on the present situation of drug abuse among young people. 9. Girls, women and substance use. 10. Drug abuse among youth in Denmark. 11. Alcohol and Cannabis use among young people. 12. A crisis centre. 13. Validity and reliability of a high school drug use questionnaire among Mexican students. 14. Young people, drugs... and others. 15. Drug abuse prevention. 16. UNESCO experience in relation to the problems of drug use by young people. 17. Drugs and young offenders. Bibliography. Index.

"The abuse of drugs legal or illegal is a symptom of various problems. It represents an attempt by an individual to respond to a need, desire, pain, questioning, pressure or some other psychological, social or economic stimulus. It is no longer a problem of the industrial world, children and young people are increasingly taking to drugs." (jacket)