The Scientific Study of the Prevalence of Drug Abuse Among Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University Students

Abstract

Nowadays university students are known as the most important human resources of any country that their health would guarantee the health of the country, so the study of the prevalence of drug abuse among them (university students) is completely essential to deal with the challenges of addiction. In this descriptive analytic case of stud which is done to investigate the prevalence of drug abuse among university students of Islamic Azad University branch of Arsanjan, 500 were selected using Cochran formula by cluster sampling. For data collecting Hashemi drug abuse structured questionnaire was used and finally the data were analyzed using SPSS software and chi square test, and the results indicate that: The most commonly used substances among female students are Nicotine, Drugs, and Medications and among male students are Alcohol, Nicotine and Drugs respectively. Male students are using twice Nicotine, Four times the alcohol and two and half times more drugs than girls. The minimum age is related to consumption of tobacco and hookah and percent of single people are more than married in all used cases. In Students with high family incomes the alcohol has the first place and the Nicotine has the second places, while in the students with lower level of economic using nicotine and medications are in the first place and drugs are in the second place. Students living in private student house and students living in family homes are using drugs more than students living in dormitories. Semester, GPA and Probation history recognized as other factors associated with using drugs. Use of all investigated substances was reported more in high-risk sex persons than others. Finally, enjoyment and curiosity was mentioned as the most common causes of drug use.