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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="148253" img_size="full" style="vc_box_shadow" onclick="link_image" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Con motivo del Día Internacional contra el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas, que se conmemora cada 26 de junio, la Federación Salud Mental Andalucía lanza la campaña “No te fumes un mito. No te juegues tu salud mental”, una iniciativa de sensibilización dirigida especialmente a adolescentes y jóvenes para prevenir el consumo de cannabis y visibilizar su relación con la salud mental y la patología dual.
La campaña nace de una idea sencilla, pero necesaria: el cannabis no siempre relaja. Aunque muchas veces se presenta como algo natural, inofensivo o socialmente aceptado, su consumo puede relacionarse con ansiedad, paranoia, bajones, dificultades de concentración, aislamiento, dependencia o agravamiento del malestar emocional.
Desde la Federación se insiste en que la prevención no puede construirse desde el miedo, el castigo ni la culpa. La juventud necesita información clara, mensajes cercanos y espacios seguros donde poder hablar de lo que les pasa. Por eso, la campaña desmonta algunos de los mitos más repetidos: “es natural”, “solo es un porro”, “no engancha”, “yo controlo” o “me ayuda a desconectar”.
“Detrás de muchas formas de consumo puede haber ansiedad, tristeza, presión de grupo, soledad, estrés o dificultades para pedir ayuda. El problema no es solo el porro: a veces es lo que el porro está tapando”, señala Manuel Movilla, presidente de la Federación Salud Mental Andalucía.
Datos que preocupan
El cannabis continúa siendo la sustancia ilegal con mayor prevalencia de consumo entre estudiantes de 14 a 18 años en España. Según ESTUDES 2025, el 21 % del alumnado declara haber consumido cannabis alguna vez en la vida, el 15,5 % en los últimos 12 meses y el 11,6 % en los últimos 30 días.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]En Andalucía, los datos también obligan a mantener la prevención activa: el 19 % del alumnado de 14 a 18 años ha consumido cannabis alguna vez, el 13,8 % en el último año y el 10,3 % en el último mes. Dicho de otra forma: 1 de cada 10 estudiantes andaluces ha consumido cannabis en los últimos 30 días.
“Que el consumo baje no significa que el problema haya desaparecido. Significa que hay que seguir llegando antes, mejor y con mensajes que conecten con la realidad emocional de las personas jóvenes”, subraya la entidad.
Cannabis, salud mental y patología dual
La campaña pone el foco en una realidad especialmente compleja: la patología dual, que aparece cuando una persona presenta, de forma simultánea o a lo largo de su vida, una adicción y otro problema de salud mental.
La Federación Salud Mental Andalucía advierte de que el cannabis puede aparecer como una forma de evasión ante el malestar emocional. En estos casos, el consumo no solo puede convertirse en un problema en sí mismo, sino que también puede ocultar una necesidad de apoyo psicológico, social o comunitario.
El Plan Estratégico de Salud Mental y Adicciones de Andalucía 2026-2029 refuerza este enfoque al señalar que muchas conductas de riesgo, como el consumo de sustancias, se inician en la adolescencia y pueden utilizarse como forma de hacer frente al malestar emocional. Además, recoge que las conductas adictivas generalmente no se presentan solas y que los problemas relacionados con alcohol o cannabis suelen aparecer asociados a síntomas depresivos y de ansiedad.
“Cuando el consumo se mezcla con ansiedad, depresión, dependencia u otros problemas de salud mental, no estamos ante una simple conducta de ocio. Estamos ante una situación que necesita detección precoz, acompañamiento y atención integral”, señala la Federación.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]
Llegar antes: el reto pendiente
Los datos del Plan Estratégico de Salud Mental y Adicciones de Andalucía ( PESMA-A) muestran la necesidad de reforzar la prevención. En 2024 se registraron 387 intervenciones psicoeducativas en los Centros de Tratamiento Ambulatorio de la Red Pública de Atención a las Adicciones en Andalucía. La mayoría, el 62,8%, estuvieron relacionadas con el consumo de cannabis. Además, estas intervenciones se realizan fundamentalmente con personas jóvenes, con una media de edad de 19 años.
Para la Federación, estas cifras muestran que el cannabis no es un tema menor ni lejano. Está presente en edades tempranas, aparece vinculado al malestar emocional y requiere respuestas coordinadas entre educación, salud mental, atención primaria, red de adicciones, servicios sociales, familias y movimiento asociativo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ue_aoW5OP5M" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]
Una prevención sin estigma
En Andalucía, ESTUDES 2025 refleja una mayor prevalencia de consumo de cannabis en estudiantes hombres que en estudiantes mujeres: el 22,9% de ellos declara haber consumido alguna vez, frente al 14,8% de ellas; y el 17,0% lo hizo en los últimos 12 meses, frente al 10,4%.
Estos datos obligan a diseñar mensajes adaptados, sin estigmatizar y teniendo en cuenta patrones de consumo, presión social, barreras de acceso a la ayuda, desigualdades y formas distintas de expresar el malestar emocional.
Con la campaña “No te fumes un mito. No te juegues tu salud mental”, Federación Salud Mental Andalucía quiere trasladar un mensaje directo a adolescentes y jóvenes: si consumes para calmarte, dormir, aguantar, encajar o dejar de pensar, quizá algo está pidiendo ayuda.
Reivindicaciones
La entidad reclama que la prevención del consumo de cannabis en jóvenes sea una prioridad real dentro de las políticas públicas de salud mental y adicciones. Para ello, considera imprescindible:
- Strengthen preventive education in educational centerswith continuous content, close and adapted to the youth reality.
- Guarantee accessible, safe and non-stigmatizing active listening spaces.
- Generate an integrated community network of care for dual pathologies with short and long stay programs, multiprofessional teams.standardized protocols in coordination with associative movement avoiding parallel circuits, delays and lack of coordination between resources.
- Improve the coordination between mental health, primary care, addiction network, social services, educational community, justice and associative movement.
- Promote mutual support programs between people with own experience in mental health and addictions. It seeks to improve the well-being, recovery and participation of users through mutual support agents, stable teams, mutual support groups and regulated training activities.
- Develop public campaigns based on evidence, away from punitive or moralizing approaches.
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The Andalusian Mental Health Federation launches a campaign to prevent cannabis consumption among young people
The campaign «Don’t smoke a myth. Don’t risk your mental health» seeks to raise awareness especially among adolescents and young people about the risks associated with cannabis consumption and its impact on mental health, dismantling widespread false beliefs and promoting prevention based on information, support and dialogue.
On the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is commemorated every June 26, the Andalusia Mental Health Federation launch the campaign “Don’t believe a myth. Don’t risk your mental health«an awareness initiative aimed especially at adolescents and young people to prevent cannabis use and make its relationship with mental health and dual pathology visible.
The campaign is born from a simple, but necessary idea: cannabis does not always relax. Although it is often presented as something natural, harmless or socially accepted, its consumption can be related to anxiety, paranoia, depression, concentration difficulties, isolation, dependence or aggravation of emotional discomfort.
The Federation insists that prevention cannot be built from fear, punishment or guilt. Youth need clear information, friendly messages and safe spaces where they can talk about what is happening to them. Therefore, the campaign dismantles some of the most repeated myths: “it’s natural”, “he’s just a pig”, “doesn’t hook”, “I control” oh “It helps me disconnect”.
«Behind many forms of consumption there can be anxiety, sadness, peer pressure, loneliness, stress or difficulties in asking for help. The problem is not just the joint: sometimes it is what the joint is covering up,» he points out. Manuel Movillapresident of the Andalusian Mental Health Federation.
Data that worries
Cannabis continues to be the illegal substance with the highest prevalence of consumption among students aged 14 to 18 in Spain. According to STUDIES 2025he 21% of the student declares having consumed cannabis at some time in his life, the 15.5% in the last 12 months and 11.6% in the last 30 days.
In Andalusia, the data also requires maintaining active prevention: the 19% of students from 14 to 18 years old have ever used cannabis, 13.8% in the last year and 10.3% in the last month. In other words: 1 in 10 Andalusian students has consumed cannabis in the last 30 days.
«Just because consumption goes down does not mean that the problem has disappeared. It means that we must continue to arrive earlier, better and with messages that connect with the emotional reality of young people,» the entity emphasizes.
Cannabis, mental health and dual pathology
The campaign focuses on a particularly complex reality: the dual pathologywhich appears when a person presents, simultaneously or throughout their life, an addiction and another mental health problem.
The Andalusian Mental Health Federation warns that cannabis can appear as a form of evasion from emotional discomfort. In these cases, consumption can not only become a problem in itself, but can also hide a need for psychological, social or community support.
he Strategic Plan for Mental Health and Addictions of Andalusia 2026-2029 It reinforces this approach by noting that many risk behaviors, such as substance use, begin in adolescence and can be used as a way to cope with emotional distress. Furthermore, it states that addictive behaviors generally do not occur alone and that problems related to alcohol or cannabis usually appear associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms.
«When consumption is mixed with anxiety, depression, or other mental health problems, we are not facing a simple leisure behavior. We are facing a situation that needs early detection, support and comprehensive care,» says the Federation.
Arriving earlier: the pending challenge
The data from the Strategic Plan for Mental Health and Addictions of Andalusia (PESMA-A) show the need to reinforce prevention. In 2024 they registered 387 psychoeducational interventions in the Outpatient Treatment Centers of the Public Addiction Care Network in Andalusia. The majority, the 62.8%were related to cannabis use. Furthermore, these interventions are carried out mainly with young people, with an average age of 19 years.
For the Federation, these figures show that cannabis is not a minor or distant issue. It is present at an early age, appears linked to emotional distress and requires coordinated responses between education, mental health, primary care, addiction network, social services, families and associative movement.
Prevention without stigma
In Andalusia, ESTUDES 2025 reflects a higher prevalence of cannabis consumption in male students than in female students: the 22.9% of them declare having consumed at some time, compared to the 14.8% of them; and the 17.0% did so in the last 12 months, compared to 10.4%.
These data force us to design adapted messages, without stigmatizing and taking into account consumption patterns, social pressure, barriers to accessing help, inequalities and different ways of expressing emotional discomfort.
with the campaign «Don’t believe a myth. Don’t risk your mental health»Andalusia Mental Health Federation wants to send a direct message to adolescents and young people: If you use to calm down, sleep, endure, fit in, or stop thinking, perhaps something is asking for help..
Claims
The entity demands that the prevention of cannabis use in young people be a real priority within public mental health and addictions policies. To do this, it is considered essential:
- Strengthen preventive education in educational centerswith continuous content, close and adapted to the youth reality.
- Guarantee accessible, safe and non-stigmatizing active listening spaces.
- Generate an integrated community network of care for dual pathologies with short and long stay programs, multiprofessional teams.standardized protocols in coordination with associative movement avoiding parallel circuits, delays and lack of coordination between resources.
- Improve the coordination between mental health, primary care, addiction network, social services, educational community, justice and associative movement.
- Promote mutual support programs between people with own experience in mental health and addictions. It seeks to improve the well-being, recovery and participation of users through mutual support agents, stable teams, mutual support groups and regulated training activities.
- Develop public campaigns based on evidence, away from punitive or moralizing approaches.
Andalusia Mental Health Federation is a non-profit entity, declared of public utility, that since 1992 defends the rights and improves the quality of life of people with mental health problems and their families. It currently brings together 17 Andalusian associations.
