Health and social problems following illicit drug use among males experiencing incarceration in prison; a cross sectional study on single centre experience
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Background: Illicit drug use is a growing problem in Sri Lanka. A significant proportion of prison admissions illicit related many countries including 
 Objective: This study was conducted to describe the possible health and social problems following among males experiencing incarceration Prison, Galle.
 Methodology: cross-sectional 254 with history behavior. An interviewer assisted, self-administered questionnaire used assess presence known which were identified through literature. Associations for assessed using Chi square test at 0.05 significance level. Results: Health common individuals their associated poly use, dependence problematic (p
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عنوان ژورنال: Galle Medical Journal (Galle)
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1391-7072']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/gmj.v26i2.8051