@article{Noh Moo_Ahumada Cortéz_Miguel Angel_Valdez Montero_Castillo Arcos_Lopez Cisneros_2022, title={Consumption of legal and illegal drugs in adolescents in times of COVID-19: Consumption of legal and legal drugs in adolescents in times of COVID-19}, volume={22}, url={https://revistahorizonte.ujat.mx/index.php/horizonte/article/view/5017}, DOI={10.19136/hs.a22n1.5017}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: To know the consumption of tobacco, marijuana and cocaine in<br />Mexican adolescents in times of COVID-19.<br />Materials and methods: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study<br />carried out with 265 Mexican adolescents between 12 and 19 years of age,<br />chosen through a non-probabilistic sampling. The information was collected<br />using the SurveyMonkey digital platform, the data was processed in the SPSS<br />23.0 statistical program. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain frequencies,<br />proportions, measures of central tendency and variability.<br />Results: The average age was 17.8 years, the start of alcohol consumption was<br />at 16.7 years, tobacco at 16.8 years, marijuana at 17 years and cocaine at 17.3<br />years. The average number of alcoholic beverages consumed on a typical day<br />was 3.3, the average number of cigarettes consumed on a typical day was 2.2,<br />the average use of marijuana was 1.2, and that of cocaine was 2.5. 66.8% of<br />the participants have consumed alcohol at some time in their life, 49.9% have<br />consumed alcohol in the last year. 18.5% have consumed cigarettes at least once<br />in their life and only 13.6% consumed it in the last year. 7.2% of adolescents<br />have used marijuana at some time in their life and only 3.8% used it in the last<br />year. 3.4% have used cocaine at some time in their life and 1.9% in the last year.<br />Conclusions: The prevalence of licit and illicit drug use shows a significant<br />increase, which is worrying, since during adolescence any amount consumed is<br />risky and harmful to physical and mental health.<br />Keywords: Adolescent; Drugs; Illicit drugs, COVID-19</p>}, number={1}, journal={Horizonte Sanitario}, author={Noh Moo, Pedro Moises and Ahumada Cortéz, Jesica Guadalupe and Miguel Angel, Miguel Angel and Valdez Montero, Carolina and Castillo Arcos, Lubia de Carmen and Lopez Cisneros, Manuel Antonio}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={107-115} }