ميزان آگاهي دانش آموزان دبيرستاني منطقه 9 تهران از اثرات قرص هاي جنون آور (اكس)

High SchoolStudentsʹ Knowledge About the Effects ofEcstasy Drugs in District Nine of Tehran City

Objective: Among the traditi onal and modem drugs, appearance and spreading of ecstasy drugs is a new phenomenon that has affected different nations, among them Irani an yo uth. While, it see ms that unawareness in society of these industria l drugs, has a great influence in spreading its use. This research was con ducte d to eva luate stude ntsʹ knowledge about the effects of ecs tasy drugs. Materials & Methods: This study is a descrip tive and cross-sectional research . 154 high school studen ts, by simple random sampling, in district 9 of Tehra n were selec ted and their awareness about research object were eva luated by researcher made questio nnaire. The face va lidity of questio nnaire was confirmed by specialists cons ideiation and its rehabilitee was confirmed by Cronbachʹs alpha coefficient (r =0.85) . Data were analyzed by Correlation coefficient and Mann -Whi tney U. Results: 14.7 percent of responses were incorrect, and 38 percent were donʹ t know. Studentsʹ aware ness of acci de nts and bad effec ts of ecs tasy drugs is in a low level. There was no sig nificant difference betwee n boys and girlsʹ know ledge about the effec ts of ecs tacy (P= 0.573). Also, there was no significant rela tion between student sex uality and their awareness about Ecsta sy side effec ts (P=0.572) . Conclusion: Student sʹ knowledge about the Effec ts of ecs tasy drugs is in a low level (47.3 percent).