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Mamani, J., Mendieta, J. (2024). Asociación entre consumo de marihuana y consumo de cocaína en estudiantes universitarios. Análisis secundario de un estudio nacional, Perú 2016 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673354
Mamani, J., Mendieta, J. Asociación entre consumo de marihuana y consumo de cocaína en estudiantes universitarios. Análisis secundario de un estudio nacional, Perú 2016 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673354
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title = "Asociación entre consumo de marihuana y consumo de cocaína en estudiantes universitarios. Análisis secundario de un estudio nacional, Perú 2016",
author = "Mendieta Alarcon, Joselyne Nelly",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2024"
}
Introduction: The consumption of marijuana and cocaine has been increasing in recent years around the world, especially among young people in Latin America, despite its negative effects on a physical, social and cognitive level. There is a biological theory that relates the transition from marijuana consumption to other drugs, the most common being cocaine. On the other hand, there are different progression patterns of drug consumption, explained by the gateway theory, these are influenced by the social and cultural context. Objectives: Determine the association between marijuana and cocaine use in university students Peru 2016. Methodology: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out secondary to the III Andean Epidemiological Study on Drug Consumption in the university population, Regional Report, 2016. The report of having ever consumed marijuana in life was used as an independent variable and as a dependent variable, having ever consumed cocaine. in their life. Results: Of the total of 3697 university students, 15.2% used marijuana at some point in their lives and only 2.0% used cocaine or one of its derivatives at some point in their lives. According to the multivariate analysis, university students who used marijuana in their lives were 27.7 times more likely to use cocaine at some point in their lives compared to those who did not use marijuana (PRc 27.7 95% CI 8.1;93.8 p <0.001). When adjusting for sex, age, work in addition to studying, consumption of illicit substances by peers, lifetime tobacco use, whether expelled in high school, lifetime tobacco use, and problematic alcohol consumption, it was found that university students who who used marijuana in their lifetime were 10.0 times more likely to use cocaine in their lifetime compared to those who had not used marijuana. (PRa 10.0 95% CI 3.5;29.5 p = 0.001). Conclusions: An association was found between marijuana use in university students and greater cocaine consumption in their lives; the probability of using cocaine was ten times higher among university students who used marijuana at some point in their lives.
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