university students’ views regarding reasons for drug abuse among youths

University Students’ Views Regarding Reasons for Drug Abuse Among Youths

In recent years, the prevalence of drug abuse has increased throughout the world. On an annual basis, drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and so on cause the deaths of 200,000 people worldwide; drug abuse also leads to the disintegration of families (1). Furthermore, it imposes heavy economic and social costs through its effects on human health and increased crime and death in community ; thus, it h...

Prescription drug abuse rising among Aboriginal youths.

Drug Abuse among University Students of Rafsanjan, Iran

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to determine the frequency of drug abused in a sample of university students in Rafsanjan, Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 1,260 students volunteered (311 males and 949 females) with mean age of 21.35 years. Data were collected by a self-administrated questionnaire regarding drugs abuse and demographic information. RESULTS Benzodiazepines were ...

drug abuse among university students of rafsanjan, iran

objective: the present study aimed to determine the frequency of drug abused in a sample of university students in rafsanjan, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1,260 students volunteered (311 males and 949 females) with mean age of 21.35 years. data were collected by a self-administrated questionnaire regarding drugs abuse and demographic information. results: benzodiazepines were t...

Sports Activity and Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Abuse among Students

Background. Despite the research being accomplished so far, there is no clear answer to the question that "Does sports help to prevent and reducing the abuse of drug, alcohol, and smoking in young people as it believed in public". Objective(s). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sports activity and experience of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse among...

The prevalence of drug abuse among the students of Zahedan

Addictive substance abuse is one of the most important problems of human societies and one of the major challenges to the social, health and political world. Although the problem is not confined to specific age groups, young people, including university students, are among the main groups at risk. Therefore, this study examined the prevalence of addictive substance abuse among students of Islam...