Self-Reported Illicit Drug Use Among Norwegian University and College Students. Associations With Age, Gender, and Geography
Frontiers in Psychiatry December 10, 2020 Ove Heradstveit, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Marit Edland-Gryt et al. 19 citations
From 2014 to 2018, the proportion of Norwegian university and college students who had ever tried illicit drugs increased, from 30.8% to 36.7% among males and from 17.5% to 24.0% among females. Cannabis was the most commonly used drug in the past year (15.2%), followed by MDMA (4.0%), cocaine (3.0%), and LSD/psilocybin (2.1%). Illicit drug use rose with age, peaking between ages 23 and 28, and was higher among males than females. Use also varied by geographic region, with the highest rates in the Oslo area. The findings point to a need for addressing illicit drug use in this population.