Social representations on substance consumption in a college context: the voices of students

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https://doi.org/10.21501/24631779.2632

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Addiction, Drugs, Social interaction, Social system

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the social representations associated to legal and illegal substance consumptions created by college students in a private city in Medelllín. The study was carried out under a qualitative approach with a descriptive reach. Data collection was done through a survey and a set of incomplete sentences which were completed by a group of 100 students. The findings show that students think that students consider substance consumption from the possibility of choosing, they also associate it to risk, likewise, they question the social and institutional prejudice that the access to drugs in the college context brings. The findings were classified into the following categories: perception on the
college consumer, substance consumption and access to drugs.

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2018-01-02

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Osorio-Sánchez, Y. L., Díez-Cardona, P. A., & Bedoya-Olaya, A. D. (2018). Social representations on substance consumption in a college context: the voices of students. Drugs and Addictive Behavior, 3(1), 17–34. https://doi.org/10.21501/24631779.2632

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018)

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