OBJECTIVE: To trace the profile of the drug use between the university students of the course of Pharmacy Sciences Health Center of Federal University of Espírito Santo. METHODS: One is about explorer, descriptive, transversal and quantitative study. A survey was conducted with 148 undergraduate pharmacy students (80.4%). The instrument used is an adaptation of the developed one for the WHO. The data had been tabulated and analyzed through the Statistical Packcage for the Social Science (SPSS). RESULTS: 67.6% of the university students are female, 52.7% it had between 20 and 22 years and 47.3% belong to the social class B. Regarding the use of alcohol, 87.8% made use in the life, 77.7% in the year and 58.1% in the month. Between the other drugs, the use in life of inahaled drugs (18.2%) was the most common. CONCLUSION: As observed, the undergraduate students belong a concerned group, showing the significance of a better approach in this subject at college's curriculum.
Drugs; university students; prevention
