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Non-medical drug use among interns and house-officers
R K Choudhary1, R Singh, A Avasthi
1H.O.D. Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College, Jammu and Medical Superintendent, Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases, Jammu.
Abstract:
Self-administered questionnaire was given to a sample of 105 interns and house officers working in Govt. Medical College, Jammu. Questionnaire was designed to obtain information about socio-demographic characteristics, the frequency of non-medical drug use during the last one year and to enquire about "reasons" for drug intake. It was found that drugs commonly used were alcohol, tobacco, tranquillizers, amphetamines, cannabis. Most of the subjects used the same for 'company', festivity or curiosity.
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