Drug abuse among the students
Journal Title: Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Drug abuse is an intense and often willful misuse of drugs. The overdrew of substanceor drugsleads to addiction. In the eastern world the incidence shows a decline or a static pattern but the number of drug addicts is still enormous..The major abusive drugs are heroin and marijuana but designer drugs(cannabinoids)have shown on the peak.The aim of the study is to determine the ratio of the drug abuse in student. For this purpose we were selected different institutes,includingtwo private universities and two government universities and conducted survey in 500 student. High proportion of students was found abusing drugs. From this study, we came across multiple factors which are the main cause of drug abuse in medical student includingdepression, anxiety, peer pressure,schizophrenia, as well as personality disorder.The most commonly abused drugs include stimulants, opioids, and benzodiazepines, antihistaminesand LSD. Although survey have indicated high rate of illicit and prescription drugs misuse among college students.Drug abuseregarded as a personality disorder, also be seen as worldwide epidemic with evolutionary genetic, physiology and environmental influences controlling and affecting human behavior. Globally, the use has reached all time high. The study showed males are more drug abusers as compared to females. The drug abuse ratio in students of private sector is more as compared to Governmentsector.
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Muhammad Zaman
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