Attitudes towards Drugs and Drug Use among the Bulgarian Youth 1998

Prevalence of experience and consumption of illegal drugs, alcohol,
tobacco, medications and volatile substances. Motives leading to drug use among
young people.
Topics: Information about the risk of drug abuse; motives for the first use of
drugs; kind of first drug used; age of drug use onset; age of regular drug use;
kind of drug used during the last three months; average dosage of the drug
during the last month; maximum dosage of taken drug during the last month;
;hrill and Adventure Seeking Scale (TAS): physical risk taking such as
parachuting, scuba diving, etc.; Experience Seeking Scale (ESS): pursuit
of novel experience, including travel, unusual types of people, and novelty
in art, music etc.; Dis-Inhibition (Dis): hedonistic pursuits, including
drinking, partying, sex, etc.; Boredom Susceptibility (BS): aversion to
repetitive or routine activities and general lack of stimulus change; type
of school; strict customs and police control; voluntary/compulsory treatment
of drug addicts; campaigns among youths; economic and social support for young
drug addicts; friends using drugs; values system; attitude towards prostitutes,
drug addicts, people suffering from AIDS; homosexuals, former prisoners; place
of growing up; education level of father/mother; characteristic of family;
relationship to family members.