The College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad organized a scientific lecture for research published in the Scopus global database, entitled “Cultural Differences in the Use of Hallucinogenic Substances Among Medical Students,” presented by the lecturer in the Anatomy Branch, Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Lutfi Al-Imam, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Nawfal Khader Yas, and for you in the Graduate Studies Hall on Wednesday, the thirteenth of March. The lecture, which was attended by a number of faculty members, aimed to review the percentage of drug users among medical students in Iraq compared to their Polish counterparts, according to the results of the research and survey studies adopted by the researcher, which included topics in which he discussed the most prominent factors influencing young people to abuse hallucinogenic substances, such as the lack of religious commitment and ignorance of the harms of these substances. The researcher also pointed out the negative effects of the nocturnal lifestyle outside the family and the lack of parental follow-up and supervision of children. He also indicated that the rate of abuse among males, especially smokers, is higher than that of females. His research results concluded that the rate of abuse and spread of hallucinogenic substances among Iraqi students is much lower compared to their Polish counterparts.
