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Abstract Objective: to investigate sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of adolescents treated at a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs. Methods: a retrospective documentary study, of a basic and descriptive nature, with data from the medical records of adolescents, cared for between 2013 and 2018, in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Descriptive statistics were performed with absolute frequencies and calculation of relative frequencies, which were crossed by sex. Regarding age, analysis of variance was performed, using a significance level of 0.05. Results: among 1,852 medical records found at the service, 93 of them were adolescents, 73 (78.5%) were male, aged between 14 and 16 (54.8%), self-reported white (52.2%) and black and mixed race (47.6%), incomplete elementary education (68.9%). Initiation of consumption took place between 11 and 12 years old, with age of entry into the mental health service from 12 to 19 years old (M=15.83; SD=1.86), with no significant difference between the sexes. The most used substances were marijuana (51.6%), tobacco (20.4%) and alcohol (19.3%), with polyconsumption (84.9%) and family users (83.1%), with greater representation of use by the father (32.8%). In terms of motivations for drug consumption, the following stood out: curiosity (58.3%) and influence of friends (27.4%). Conclusion: school difficulties can be intertwined in a complex way with drug use in adolescence. The findings of this investigation point to the need to expand and qualify the offer of assistance to young people with disorders resulting from the use of psychoactive substances, as well as more studies, especially those in a psychosocial care network in different regions of the country to support articulated preventive actions, involving the family, education, health and judicial systems.

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