Author/Editor     Tomori, M
Title     Zloraba psihotropnih snovi - kakšna je slovenska scena danes
Translated title     Abuse of psychoactive substances - today's scene in Slovenia
Type     članek
Source     Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.     Letnik 61, št. 3
Publication year     1992
Volume     str. 123-5
Language     slo
Abstract     Background. Epidemiological situation of drug abuse and dependency in Slovenia is subject to dynamic changes. How ever, the most common the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and different medicaments. The young have included the use of marihuana in their social behaviour. Heroin is used more and more commonly, with there age of users falling constuntly. The abuse of halucinogens and inebriants is aLso noted. The abuse of cocaine can be expecte as well. Physicians should become more actively involved in the prevention and treatment of these phenomena. Conclusion: Physicians should become more actively involved in the prevention and trearment of drug addiction. The situation, such us found today in the Slovenian drug scene, demands from a physician a higher level of information and knowledge about this kind of problems, which is a necessary condition for more successful preventive work and the setting up of its appropriate position in the treatment of addiction.
Descriptors     PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE
SLOVENIA