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Psychoactive Substance Use among Medical/Health Faculty Undergraduate Students

Issue: 
Vol 2, Issue 1 (2015): Substance Abuse and Mental Health
DOI: 
10.7727/wimjopen.2014.268
Pages: 
11–4
Synopsis: 
Preliminary results indicate that approximately one-third of medical students reported a past prevalence of psychoactive substance use and half reported their first use when they were 15–19 years old.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study sought to explore the drug use practices of undergraduate students within the Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Received: 
October 13, 2014
Accepted: 
October 27, 2014
Published: 
March 16, 2015
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon Whitehorne-Smith et al--Psychoactive Substance Use among Medical Students.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
substance use
Medical students
university students
Journal Authors: 
P Whitehorne-Smith
C Mitchell
WD Abel
J Harrison
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