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Item Causes and Consequences of Drug Abuse (A Study on the People at detention at the Kaski District Police Office)(Faculty of Sociology, 2021) Aryal, ShyamuThe present study entitled, "Causes And Consequences Of Drug Abuse (A Study On The People At Detention At The Kaski District Police Office)" is based upon the drug abusers held at the detention at the Kaski District Office, Kaski as respondents. The objectives of the study were to assess and analyse the causes and consequences of drug abuse among the drug abusers. The study followed mixed method design with both descriptive as well as exploratory methods of data analysis and interpretation. Semi-structured questionnaires as an interview schedule, checklists for key informants' interviews and participants' observation were the tools employed for the study. Data obtained were edited, processed and analysed with the help of SPSS version 23. Among the total respondents, more than thirty percent of them were adolescents and almost one in five was 30 years and over. The male drug abusers were dominant by gender with the ratio of 9:1. More than sixty percent were unmarried. Regarding the ethnic status of the drug abusers, the so called higher caste group represent 31.1%, while Janajatis were 36.1%. More than half of the respondents have attained at most basic level of education and every two among five have studied secondary level education. The majority of the respondents (85.2%) come from nuclear families. As per the responses, the major sources of obtaining drugs were friends (63.8%) and Pharmacies (23%). Likewise, more than half of them began using drugs during their adolescence. The major causes of drug abuse have been identified as the parental conflict, peer influence and convenient access in their communities. Likewise, the consequences include physiological, psychological and social consequences resulting into hardship of the drug abusers to be into the detention.Item Causes of Drug Abuse and the Role of Rehabilitation Center: A Case Study of Richmond Fellowship Centre, Kirtipur Kathmandu(Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 2013) K.C., UmaNot AvailableItem Factors associated with drug abuse among current female injecting drug user attending in Naulo ghumti, Pokhara(Department of Sociology, 2012) Paudel, Narayan PrasadThe study entitled 'Factors Associated with Drug Abuse among Female Injecting Drug Users Attending in Naulo Ghumti Pokhara' has been conducted with overall objective to find out the factors associated with drug abuse. The study was conducted among 100 female injecting drug users by applying cross sectional descriptive research design. Non - probability purposive sampling technique had been chosen and interview technique had used to collect data. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (81%) were the young people of 15-29 years, 36% of them were Gurung, 66% had passed S.L.C. / Intermediate level education. Only 24% of the respondents had reported that they had started drug due to stress (poor academic achievement, love tragedy, unemployment, job frustration and family tension), among them 66.67% had started due to family tension. Out of 100 respondents 84( 84% ) had been influenced by social factors (peer pressure, broken home, lack of love and affection from parents, lack of attention of parents and lack of knowledge/information). Among social factors 70% had reported due to peer pressure. Out of 100 respondents 16 (16%) were affected by individual factors (curiosity, pleasure seeking and search for identity). Among them 56% had reported the cause of drug use due to pleasure seeking. It was found that multiple factors were responsible to initiate drug abuse. The respondents whose fathers’ occupation was agriculture found to be more affected by stress. The FIDUs (Female Intravenous Drug Users) whose father's were engaged in services found to be more affected by social factors. Fathers’ occupations, was found less significant to initiate drug abuse due to individual factors. As the age grew older to start the drug abuse, it was found that the social factors leading to start drug were effective. Majority of them (35%) had started to use drug when they were 20-24 years, 84% FIDUs had got relapsed and cause of relapse was found to be peer pressure for 54% of the respondents. The findings of the study suggest that social factors and individual factors are the major contributing factors of drug abuse.Item Knowledge and Behaviour on Stis, Hiv/Aids and Drug Abuse among Secondary Level Students (A Case Study of Bishnumati Vdc, Budhanilkantha Kathmandu)(Department of Population Studies, 2010) Koirala (Khatri), DeviThis thesis is related to knowledge and behavior about STIs, HIV/AIDS and Drug abuse in Budhanilkantha. The objectives of this study were identifying the knowledge and behavior of secondary level students. This study was conducted with the sample size of secondary level students of Budhanilkantha VDC, Kathmandu; collected in 2 different schools chosen purposively .Budhanilkantha School is a national level school of Nepal where students from all over the country with different ethnic and status study. Similarly, Valley Public Higher Secondary School is also located at the maximum migrated area. Thus, the information obtained from these schools could be more representative to the national context. Here, face to face interview and observation was taken with students. Such collected data were analyzed by using mathematical categorization and interpreted according to cultural differences and discontinuity theory. One of the major sources of information about STIs, HIV/AIDS and drug is teacher (school curriculum) among the respondents. Less than 30 percent students have received information about STIs and HIV/AIDS from parents and friends because they have also lack of knowledge about it and they are not living with their parents or students are in hostel. About 98 percent students have heard about drug and boy's students still have more knowledge because of more freedom than girls. The age of the respondents ranged from 14 to 17 years, the highest present of respondents (36.08%) were aged 16 years and the lowest percentage of respondents (10.76%) were in the age of 14 . The family size of maximum respondents is found 4 and this is 33.54%. This shows that, maximum Nepalese people are practicing nuclear family. Hindu was the major caste with 98.00 percent respondents and only 2.00 percent was Buddhists. Nearly 89 percent respondents had knowledge about STIs and Gonorrhea was the most commonly heard STIs with 50.71 percent and Syphilis was also a common among them. Other STIs were the least heard by the respondents. Highest percent of respondents (42.86%) got information about STIs from Television, followed by radio (19.29%) and less information by their parents. All most all respondents (98.10%) had heard about HIV/AIDS. Those respondents who have heard about STIs, HIV and AIDS, also know at least About 92 percent respondents reported that state should conduct public awareness programs to increase information about STIs, HIV and AIDS and Drugs for adolescents. And countable number of students/respondents wants to improve their curriculum of secondary level. The level of knowledge of respondents about STIs and HIV/AIDS show that higher the age higher the proportion of respondents having knowledge that condom can prevent the transmission of STIs and HIV/AIDS. They emphasized that in the present pandemic situation of AIDS, people should use condom to prevent the STIs and HIV/AIDS and to control the birth. Adolescents are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because of their instable behavior. They should be provided consistent information about reproductive health emphasizing on STIs and HIV/AIDS. Education plays the vital role to determine every change in society. This study recommends that education on reproductive health must be included in the school curriculum.