Comparative Analysis of Student Drug Use in Caribbean Countries [2011]: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname
The added economic burden on Jamaica attributed to illicit drug consumption and alcohol abuse results not only from the
cost incurred to implement and maintain strategies to reduce the demand of illegal drugs, but also includes loss of productivity through illnesses, injuries, death and incarceration associated with drug and alcohol misuse
Smoked, chewed or inhaled through second-hand smoke, tobacco constitutes a public health hazard. Tobacco contains 4,000 chemicals including
Smoked, chewed or inhaled through second-hand smoke, tobacco constitutes a public health hazard. Tobacco contains 4,000 chemicals including
The Jamaican GYTS is a school based survey of students in Grades 7, 8,9,10. A two stage cluster sample design was used to produce representative data for all Jamaica smoked, chewed or inhaled through second-hand smoke, tobacco constitutes a public health hazard.
