The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, problem relating to heroin addiction among young generation is increasing day by day. Drug trafficking illicit cultivation opium within the are affecting youth. geographical location Kashmir (UT) highly vulnerable as illegal routing drugs (heroin) from Pakistan Kashmir. Methods: This study examined socio-demographic profile substance abusers (85 patient...

Using multivariate logistic regression, we examined the prevalence and correlates of homelessness among youth enrolled in a community-recruited prospective cohort known as the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), between September 2005 and October 2006. Of 478 individuals included in this analysis, 132 (27.6%) were female and 120 (25.1%) self-identified as Aboriginal. The median age was 22 (IQR: 20-24)....

The purpose of this study is to determine the youth generation leisure time as an important factor in reducing their inclination toward drug use in North Khorasan Province, by comparing drug addicted youth in addiction treatment centers of Social Welfare Organization with other non-addicted youth. This was a survey study and a questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was analyzed by...

This study tries to examine the role of the family on the attitude of the youth for addiction. The survey method was used for analyzing the data from 250 young people from Varamin. The SPSS software was used in the research. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the attitudes toward addiction among the family members, parent's differences, parents' control, leisure a...

Drug abuse is one of the top problems confronting the nation today especially among the youth. Incidences of drug and alcohol abuse and related anti-social behaviour have tremendously increased in recent years. This has become a matter of concern to the government, parents, teachers, Non-governmental organisations and all other relevant agencies. The Kenya government has recognised the seriousn...

OBJECTIVE This study examined whether childhood sexual abuse predicts initiation of injection drug use in a prospective cohort of youth. METHOD From October 2005 to November 2010, data were collected from the At Risk Youth Study (ARYS), a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. Inclusion criteria were age 14-26 years, no lifetime drug injection, and non-injecti...