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Drug use in 17-year-olds: analysis of the 2017 ESCAPAD survey
For the ninth time since the implementation of the ESCAPAD survey, the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) and the Youth and National Service Directorate of the Ministry of the Armed Forces interviewed a sample of young people aged 17 years, taking part in the National Defence and Citizenship Day (JDC).
In March 2017, 46,054 young participants completed an anonymous questionnaire on their health and psychoactive substance use.
Since the first edition of ESCAPAD, in 2000, nearly 240,000 adolescents have been interviewed in this way.
This survey, unusual owing to its large sample size, has proven to be a valuable instrument for shedding light on the evolution of substance use and addictive behaviours in late adolescence in France.
This issue of Tendances presents the main findings of the most recent ESCAPAD survey, conducted in 2017.
It first examines the major changes in terms of use for the three main substances used at this age (tobacco, alcohol and cannabis), paying particular attention to the changes observed in 2017.
The analysis then turns to illicit or diverted substances, used by a smaller proportion of adolescents, but which also show marked variations in their consumption.
Publication type
Tendances
No.
123
Publication date
Language
Français
Anglais
Author(s)
SPILKA
Stanislas
LE NÉZET
Olivier
JANSSEN
Éric
BRISSOT
Alex
PHILIPPON
Antoine
SHAH
Jalpa
CHYDERIOTIS
Sandra
Edited by
OFDT
Number of pages
8
Products & addictions
Alcohol
Cannabis
e-Cigarette
Tobacco
Themes
Users
Specific population(s)
Adolescents
Territories
France
Dispositif d'enquête et d'observation
Epidemiological surveys