بررسی علل اعتیاد در استان آذربایجان شرقی- شهر تبریز

Drug abuse is now a global problem, and societies are involved in it to different extents depending on individuals who live in it. In fact, addiction is a physical, mental, social, and spiritual disease, for the formation of which a number of pre-addictive factors play a part. The present research is a descriptive-analytic study including qualitative and quantitative surveys as well as interviews with 197 male addicts in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. Sampling was carried out using simple random sampling method on a total of 580 addicts aged 25-30. The instrument for data collection was an interview or a questionnaire devised by the author. Economic, familial, and socio-cultural indices were best used in designing and preparing the questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, use was made of descriptive statistical method. Results indicated that social, individuals, familial, economic, and cultural factors are among significant elements impacting drug use in young adults. According to the results of this research, it can be argued that to start drug use, no single factor is sufficient; rather, there is a combination of social, individuals, familial, cultural, and economic factors each with different weight proportions that contribute to the initiation of drug use in individuals.