O uso de substâncias psicoativas na vida universitária: compreendendo o fenômeno

Abstract

This research seeks to understand the use of drugs by university students who make frequent use of some psychoactive substance and, through phenomenological thought, address how this use is perceived by those who perform it. Interviews were conducted with six college students in the humanities area, based on the guiding question: "How is it for you to use drugs in your university experience?", Their answers were recorded, transcribed and later analyzed. The emergent categories of the collaborators' discourses were: Perception of the direct relationship between drug use and university life; Consumption of substance as a social facilitator; Apparent effects of use; Seeking the drug to feel better; Consciousness of the negative effects of the substances; Critical view on usage.