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ERIC Number: EJ618961
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Psychoactive Drug Use among High School Students in Bogota, Colombia.
Perez, Miguel A.; Pinzon-Perez, Helda
Journal of School Health, v70 n9 p377-80 Nov 2000
Investigated health behaviors practiced by 10th graders in Bogota, Colombia. Data from a modified version of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated that there was a high use of gateway substances (tobacco and alcohol) among respondents, but lower usage, when compared to U.S. students, of other mind-altering substances such as marijuana, inhalants, and cocaine. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Health Behavior, High School Students, Illegal Drug Use, Secondary Education, Smoking, Tobacco
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Colombia; Psychoactive Drugs; Risk Taking Behavior; Youth Risk Behavior Survey