Problem of drug abuse in childhood and adolescence

Abstract

The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a more and more serious health problem, in the present society. The increasing incidence of dmg abuse in younger population involve to the pediatrician who must assume an important role in drug addition prevention. In this sense, his task must be directed to the precocious detection of risk factors in children and adolescents and to the identification of the first symptoms related to drug consumption. Likewise, a coordinated programme among fathers, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, social assistants, politics..., must be performed in a common strategy of health promotion.