Pukyong National University Conducts Survey on College Students' Drug Use Experience

Drug Prevention Measures: 'Strengthening Legal Sanctions' Is Most Important

The Human Rights Center at Pukyong National University (Director Ham Hye-hyun) recently conducted a survey on drug use experience and awareness, and announced the results on the 11th.

This survey, jointly conducted by the university's Student Welfare Department and the Public Detective Team of the Department of Police Crime Psychology, involved 568 university students from the Busan area.

In response to the question, "Have you or someone close to you ever used drugs?" 6.8% (39 people) answered "Yes." By gender, 20 out of 184 male respondents (10.8%) and 19 out of 384 female respondents (4.9%) answered affirmatively.

To the question, "What measures do you think are important for drug prevention?" the most common response was "Strengthening legal sanctions (136 people)," followed by "Education and publicity (98 people)," "Counseling and treatment programs + strengthening legal sanctions (76 people)," and "Counseling and treatment programs (64 people)."

When asked, "Where do you mainly get information related to drugs?" respondents answered in order: internet, school, and friends. The types of drugs most known by university students were marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. Regarding the importance of drug prevention, 94% (536 people) of respondents answered "very important."

Ham Hye-hyun, Director of the Human Rights Center at Pukyong National University, said, "It was found that most university students recognize the importance of drug prevention, and we expect this survey to help spread awareness for drug prevention among university students."

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