This study aimed to describe the main circumstances that tempt patients under treatment to use drugs, their relation with treatment time and current drugs use. A descriptive and correlational study was carried out with conventional non probabilistic quota sampling. The sample consisted of 61 participants. The Temptation to Use Drugs Scale revealed an internal consistency of .93. The main circumstances tempting towards drugs use were: being in places where everybody uses drugs, being with somebody who uses drugs, going to parties with friends, seeing somebody who uses and has fun with drugs. The shorter the treatment time, the greater the perception of temptations to use drugs. Those persons who mentioned they use some kind of drugs reported on higher temptation averages than those who do not use these substances. Those mentioning marihuana and other illicit substances as impact drugs demonstrated greater temptation towards drugs use.
street drugs; rehabilitation; epidemiology
