Special Eurobarometer 172: Attitudes and opinions of Young people in the EU on drugs

This public opinion poll was carried out at the request of the Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs, and was managed and organised by the Press and Communication Service's "Analysis of Public Opinion" Unit. It was carried out in all the countries of the European Union, between 27 April and 10 June 2002, under the general coordination of the Brussels-based INRA (EUROPE) – European Coordination Office for the European Opinion Research Group EEIG. The report analyses the attitudes and opinions of young citizens of the European Union aged 15 to 24 regarding drugs. It is subdivided into chapters covering: • drug use in the European Union • reasons for trying drugs • difficulties in stopping using drugs • consequences of the use of drugs • dangers of different substances • possible sources of information on drugs • management of drug-related problems #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)