DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS. THE RESULTS OF COMPARATIVE TRANSBORDER STUDIES
A comprehensive study of the relationship of two medical students groups from Belarus and Poland to the distribution and consumption of drugs and other psychoactive substances. Group questionnaire survey comprised 964 students of two medical Universities (Group I - 547 respondents from Belarus and Group II - 417 from Poland). It has been established the prevalence rates of the psychoactive substances propagation among students of Group II. The most common manifestations of risk health behaviors are the consumption of hard alcohol and tobacco smoking. For some part of the medical students demonstrative knowledge gained in the process of learning, do not form their active stand to prevent the consumption of psychoactive substances. The obtained results have practical significance, since they can be used by educational institutions and other stakeholders in the development of adequate and effective state and regional programs to prevent the use of surfactant among young people in order to reduce the incidence of drug dependence among such population.