A cross sectional study on psychoactive drug use among school-going adolescents: Data from drug burdened hot-spots in Malaysia.

Published: 22 December 2023| Version 2 | DOI: 10.17632/ggv2cd88my.2
Contributors:
ROZMI ISMAIL, Nurul Shafini Shafurdin, MD SHAFIIN SHUKOR, FATHIMATH NAHLA, AZMAWATI MOHAMMED NAWI, NORHAYATI IBRAHIM, ROZIAH MOHD RASDI, NOVEL ANAK LYNDON, NOH AMIT, SITI AISHAH HASSAN, NORSHAFIZAH HANAFI, FAUZIAH IBRAHIM, MOHD RIZAL ABDUL MANAF

Description

This data belongs to a sample of 3382 students from 5 different zones, gazetted as drug-burdened hotspots in Malaysia. The data consists of the sample's demographic characteristics and the prevalence rate of psychoactive drug use among school-going adolescents. The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was utilized to measure the frequency of drug consumption by type and the adolescents’ involvement in drug abuse and drug-related behaviour.

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Institutions

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Categories

Drug Abuse in Adolescence

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia

LRGS/1/2019/UKM-UKM/2/1

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