A transversal study whose aim was to describe the social environment associated with simultaneous polydrug use of alcohol and cigarettes, by the undergraduate students of careers of health sciences, at a university in Cundinamarca, Colombia. A questionnaire was administered to 451 students. Results: 22.6% of students reported using alcohol simultaneously cigarette aged between 18 and 26 years in the social environment represented by the triad (person-environment-psychoactive substances), identifies the following situations: this combination is learning through friends outside the university, they can relax and enjoy the company of friends, thus controlling the stress of academic tasks, and family conflict, facing conflict in their interpersonal relationships. We need to develop high-impact preventive programs to control a situation of great social cost worldwide.
Students; Street drugs; Addictive behavior; Substance-related disorders; Risk factors
