Etiology of Drug Abuse: A Narrative Analysis

Etiology of Drug Abuse: A Narrative Analysis

Introduction and Aim. Further gains in the prevention of drug abuse disorders require in-depth and holistic understanding of the risk factors of addiction from different perspectives. Lay persons and experts have different concepts of risk which could complement each other. The purpose of this study was to elaborate drug abuse risk factors through the story of individuals who had become drug de...

A Narrative Analysis on How Women Become Drug Addicts

Expended Abstract Introduction: Since the increase in the number of female drug addicts is one of the major social issues across the world, Iran has been no exception to this global trend. The present study aims at identifying the nature of the problem, defining and analyzing it, as well as describing women’s experience of addiction. Method: The present research is qualitative in type. Partic...

A Narrative Analysis on How Women Become Drug Addicts

Expended Abstract Introduction: Since the increase in the number of female drug addicts is one of the major social issues across the world, Iran has been no exception to this global trend. The present study aims at identifying the nature of the problem, defining and analyzing it, as well as describing women’s experience of addiction. Method: The present research is qualitative in type. Partic...

Individual Differences in the Biobehavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse

Analysis of Implement-Criminal Policy Discourses to Control Drug Abuse

Objective: In this study, implement-criminal policy discourses to control drug abuse were analyzed. Method: The present research was descriptive-analytical and the data were collected in the form of a library research from books, dissertations and articles. Results: This study showed that due to the transfer of enforcement to various executive agents, the implement-criminal policy governing dru...