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The Latvian study shows proportions above the ESPAD average for alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs other than cannabis and inhalants. The majority (89%) of the Latvian students had been drinking alcohol during the past 12 months and almost half of them (45%) had been drunk during the same period. The ESPAD average is somewhat lower for both of these variables. (Data on alcohol consumption on the latest drinking day are not available for Latvia.) More Latvian students (41%) than the European average had smoked during the past 30 days. The lifetime prevalence of cannabis use (18%) is about average, while the proportion of students who had used drugs other than cannabis is above average at 11 percent. Use of inhalants is also reported by a somewhat higher proportion in Latvia (13%) than in other countries. Non-prescription use of tranquillisers or sedatives was relatively infrequent (4%), and use of pills in combination with alcohol was reported by 8 percent (about average). |
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