Evaluation of the effectiveness of preventive medical testing on the early detection of psychoactive substances use among students of various educational institutions in the Russian Federation
The results of preventive medical testing (PMT) on early detection of psychoactive substances use among students of educational institutions in the Russian Federation have been analyzed. It was revealed that most of the contingent who had undergone the PMT, were schoolpupils (65%). It was shown that in all regions of the Russian Federation positive tests results for the use of psychoactive substances were less than one percent of the number of students who had been tested. A number of problems related to the object and the procedure of PMT were revealed while having analyzed the reasons for the low effectiveness of the conducted event. To increase the effectiveness of this form of preventive intervention, the proposals related to the definition of target groups have been formulated taking into account possible risk factors for the use of psychoactive substances, strengthening interagency cooperation and the need to amend some legislative acts.