1738|CURRENT ISSUES: ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF SPANIARDS TOWARDS DRUGS (I) (18 YEARS AND OLDER)

— Opinion on the importance of the drug problem in Spain. — Evolution in the last twelve months of the drug problem in Spain. — Perspective of evolution in the next twelve months of the drug problem in Spain. — Comparison of the drug problem currently in Spain with other European countries. — Assessment of the Government’s degree of concern about drugs. — Evaluation of Spanish laws on drugs. — Degree of attention they pay to the drug problem and assessment of their action in the fight against drugs of different institutions: the Government, the police, judges, citizens and private associations and foundations. — Knowledge of the raids developed by the police. — Opinion on the effectiveness of raids in reducing traffic and consumption. — Opinion on whether police raids pose any danger to rights and freedoms. — Degree of importance of various measures to prevent the drug problem: neighborhood information, media and information campaigns in schools. — Degree of need for different measures to combat drug trafficking and consumption. — More urgent measures to be taken by the Government to solve the drug problem (3). — Opinion on the level of information of Spanish youth on the danger of drugs. — Institutions or groups that should inform young people about the drug problem. — Often with which we talk about drugs in families in Spain. — Often with which you talk about the drug in your own family. — Opinion on why some Spanish families avoid talking about drugs. — Degree of concern about the possibility that a family member may fall into drug use. — Knowledge of own relatives or relatives of close friends who use drugs. — Knowledge of people who have had serious problems due to drug use. — Degree of concern among school teachers about drug use among youth. — Often with which drugs are used in schools. — Often with which drugs are consumed by the youth of the neighborhood. — Ways in which young people in their neighborhood get the drugs: friends, people selling on the street, bars or other public establishments, flats or others. — Ways young people in their neighborhood get money for drugs: taking it away from relatives, with the money from their work, is given by the family, committing crimes, in exchange for favors, selling drugs or other forms. — Reasons why you believe youth use drugs (2). — Opinion on the extent to which young people use drugs in order to adapt to society. — Agreement with different phrases about drug use. — Phrase with which you agree more about the consumption of joints. — Knowledge of different drugs: cannabis, amphetamines, tranquilisers and sleepers, barbiturates, inhalants, hallucinogens, cocaine, opioids and heroin. Knowledge of the symptoms that cause its consumption.Degree of difficulty you would have in obtaining them if you wanted to consume them. — Assessment of the health risk of consumption, with different frequencies, of: marijuana, LSD, heroin, amphetamines and cocaine. — Stereotypes that apply to people who consume marijuana, cocaine and heroin.They are people: more creative, more sensitive, more interesting, more hardworking, more independent, more emotionally unstable, more concerned about others, have less willpower, are more prone to crime, or are more successful in society. — Personal use of different drugs: cannabis, amphetamines, tranquilisers and sleepers, barbiturates, inhalants, hallucinogens, cocaine, opioids and heroin. Age at which you first tried that drug.Consumption in the last month and frequency of that consumption. You have followed a treatment to stop the drug(s) you use. — Possession of children. Number of children between 12 and 17 years old. — Studies of the person interviewed. — Family income level. — Attendance at religious offices. — Scale political ideology of the person interviewed.