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 drug abuse in student. For this purpose we selected different institutions including “the university of Lahore”, “Forman Christian college”(private sector) and Punjab university(Govt sector) and conducted survey in 500 student. High proportion of students was found abusing drugs. From this study, we came across multiple factors which are the main cause of drug abuse in medical student including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, as well as personality disorder like antisocial personality disorder. The most commonly abused drugs include stimulants, opioids, and benzodiazepines, antihistamines. Although survey have indicated high rate of illicit and prescription drugs misuse among college students, few have assessed the negative consequences, personel concerns, or interest in intervention for drugs use. Drug abuse although regarded as a personality disorder, may also be seen as worldwide epidemic with evolutionary genetic, physiology and environmental influences Controlling and affecting human behavior. Globally, the use has reached all time high. The study showed males are more drug abusers as compared to females. The drug abuse ratio in students of private sector is more as compared to Govt sector.

Pattern of addiction and its relapse among habitual drug abusers in Lahore, Pakistan

“…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.…”

Contributing and consequential correlates of illicit substance use among students

“…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.…”

Causes of Drug Abuse Among University Students in Pakistan: Variation by Gender And Drug Type

“…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.…”