Inhalant Abuse on the Rise in Barbados

From Nation News in Barbados:

The 2006 Barbados Secondary School survey results were recently revealed. The survey took place from October – December 2006 “by the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) in collaboration with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in 23 public and private secondary schools.” It “targeted second, fourth and fifth formers between the ages of 11 and 17, and 2 220 students completed questionnaires.”

The survey showed that female inhalant abuse, comparative to male inhalant abuse has increased since 2002. Additionally, with reference to perception of risk students reported that “inhaling (the products) sometimes was not as bad as if you used them frequently.” For students repeating one or more school years, 24.1% had used inhalants.