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Cannabis and hypnosedatives are the most widely used substances among the population.
The Community of Madrid today presented a study carried out by GAD3 on the perception of drugs in the region. The regional minister, Miguel Ángel García Martín, together with the Director of Research, Patricia Abad, detailed the headlines of the report at the Real Casa de Postas. Among the most significant data is that cannabis and hypnosedatives are the substances most consumed by the population, accounting for almost 50% of those surveyed, followed by opioid painkillers.
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Improvements to drug prevention
Education in schools is considered by far the most effective method of improving drug prevention, followed by increased control over access to drugs and more information about the risks of drug use.
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Where I would go in case of a drug problem
If they needed help for drug problems, more than half of the people would go to Drug Dependency Centres (64%) or to health centres and hospitals (55%). In third place, 23% would turn to their relatives.
Technical specifications
Universe: citizens between 14 and 50 years of age resident in the Community of Madrid.
Geographical scope: Community of Madrid.
Quotas: by sex, age and geographical area according to the electoral census (INE).
Information collection procedure: computer-assisted online interview (CAWI).
Sample size: 1,531 interviews.
Sampling error: ± 2.5% (n=1,531) for a degree of confidence of 95.5% (two sigmas) and in the worst case scenario of P=Q=0.5 in the simple random sampling assumption.
Weighting coefficients: The results in the report are weighted by sex and age groups for the Community of Madrid as a whole.
Interview duration: 7 minutes.
Fieldwork dates: 13 November to 2 December.
Institute responsible for the study: GAD3.
