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Drug misuse among medical students

Letter from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ana Maria C. Mesquita  and
John Dunn
Ana Maria C. Mesquita
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil 04023–900
John Dunn
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil 04023–900
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Most doctors are probably uncomfortably aware of the old joke that an alcoholic is someone who drinks more than his doctor. But how would one define a drug addict? Because of the taboo and illegal nature of drug misuse, if a similar doctor-based definition were coined, even in jest, it would cause a degree of consternation and indignation among the profession. However, the evidence that doctors abuse certain substances, in particular opiates and tranquillisers (Hughes et al, 1992), more commonly than the general population is well established.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 1996 , pp. 612 - 613
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