2015
DOI: 10.22200/pjpr.2015141-47
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Drug abuse among the students

Abstract: ABSTRACT:Drug abuse is the willful misuse of either licit or illicit drugs for the purpose of recreation, perceived necessity or convenience. Drug abuse is a more intense and often willful misuse of drugs often to the point of addiction. In the eastern world the incidence shows a decline or a static pattern but the number of drug addicts is still enormous.. The major drug of abuse are heroin and marijuana but designer drugs are shown to be on the increase. The aim of the study is to determine the ratio of the … Show more

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“…This signifies the burden of disease due to addiction. There is a strong taboo associated with addiction in Pakistan, particularly among the younger age group (< 18 years) (16). Women are particularly socially stigmatized if they report drug use and seek treatment (17), and there are no separate rehabilitation centres for female drug users.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This signifies the burden of disease due to addiction. There is a strong taboo associated with addiction in Pakistan, particularly among the younger age group (< 18 years) (16). Women are particularly socially stigmatized if they report drug use and seek treatment (17), and there are no separate rehabilitation centres for female drug users.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This finding is in agreement with a study done in province of Panjab, Pakistan in which, it is one of the contributing factors for drug abuse by the students. 25 The proportion of all drug users and abusers who end up with serious health and social problems is not known. Whatever that proportion, illicit drug use more frequently results in problems or disease rather than death.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are many reasons that can lead to illegal use of drugs (Glantz &Hartel, 1999), whih may be some sort of tension that may be associated with any field of life; unhappiness or depression either due to personal or professional reasons, company of such friends who use drugs; the effort to adopt modern life style: having no job: lack of parental attention, feeling some sort of boredom: sense of curiosity to try new things and having leisure, cheap and easy access to drugs (Qasim, 2015;Zaman, et al, 2015;Masood & Sahar, 2014). The major reason behind the alarming increase of drug users in Pakistan is that they are completely supported by the people who have authority, wealth and power.…”
Section: Causes Of Drug Abusementioning
confidence: 99%