1800 students of secondary schools in the municipalities of Krasnoyarsk region with the most complex drug situation (in the cities of Achinsk, Kansk, Krasnoyarsk, Minusinsk, Norilsk) have been anonymously surveyed. The questionnaire is developed by the department of interagency cooperation in the field of prevention in Administration of the Federal Service on Drug Control in Russia in Krasnoyarsk region and includes 45 questions. The level of awareness of the respondents about the main types of narcotic and psychoactive substances, leisure activities of young people, activities to preserve health, the experience of drug use, as well as misconceptions of young people about the dire consequences of drug use and the proposed measures of struggle against drug addiction have been identified.