Eurobarometer 57.2OVR (2002)

This Eurobarometer is focusing on youth attitudes toward drugs. During the fieldwork for Eurobarometer 57. 2 (see Eurobarometer 57. 2: Health Issues, Cross-Border Purchases, and National Identities, April-June2002 [ZA3640]), an oversample of young respondents, aged 15-24, was added to the basic sample, in order to obtain a total of at least 450young respondents per country. Topics: An additional set of questions was administered to these young respondents eliciting responses on why people experiment with drugs, the main reasons why some people find it hard to stop using drugs, the consequences drug use may cause, the most effective ways of tackling drug-related problems, and the most dangerous drugs. They were also asked who they would turn to if they wanted to know more about drugs, whether it was easy to get drugs, whether people should be punished for using drugs, whether there should be drug testing at school or work, whether they had tried drugs or knew somebody who had, and whether they smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Demography: Age, gender, nationality, marital status, left-right political self-placement, occupation, age at completion of education, household income, type and size of locality, and region of residence.