Causes and Consequences of Drug Abuse (A Study on the People at detention at the Kaski District Police Office)
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The 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.