Key results 2007

The overall impression of the Maltese study is that although cannabis use is below the ESPAD average, the use of inhalants and the combined use of alcohol and pills are more frequent than in many other ESPAD countries. The majority (87%) of the students in Malta had consumed alcohol during the past 12 months, which is slightly above the ESPAD mean, while the 12 months prevalence of drunkenness (38%) is very close to average. The estimated volume of alcohol consumed on the latest drinking day (3.9 cl alc. 100%) is also close to average. A somewhat lower proportion of the Maltese students than the ESPAD average had been smoking during the past 30 days (26%), while the proportion reporting any cannabis use (13%) is clearly below average. On the other hand, use of any drug other than cannabis is reported by 9 percent, which is similar to the ESPAD mean. Both the use of inhalants (16%) and the use of pills in combination with alcohol (11%) are almost twice as common as the ESPAD average, while the non-prescription use of tranquillisers or sedatives (5%) is about the same as in many other ESPAD countries.

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