[Analysis of the psychological causes of early substance use among adolescents in school and university settings]

Abstract

Experimentation with psychoactive substances (PAS), such as alcohol, tobacco or cannabis, is common in adolescence, and continues to pose a public health issue that can lead to failure at school and university. Most of the work on these issues focuses on addiction-related aspects, and little on the underlying causes of addiction. This article sheds psycho-social theoretical light on the causes of first-time use of APS, and cannabis in particular. It is particularly aimed at school nurses and university preventive medicine nurses.

Keywords: addiction; health; prevention; prévention; psychologie; psychology; réussite; santé; success.