Emerging health issues among Narcotic Addicts – A Survey Study
Journal Title: Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 20
Abstract
Narcotic addiction is a recent phenomenon in Asian countries. In Sri Lanka, Heroin, cannabis, opium and intoxicants like liquor are among the mostly used narcotics and have been increasing over the last decade. Currently, over two hundred fifty thousand people of Sri Lanka are addicted to drugs. By using those drugs, people are affected with various mental, physical, and social difficulties. The research work has undertaken the task to find out health issues that are prevailing among drug addicts. The study used primary data drawn from a purposive sample of hundred people who were drug addicts belonging to both genders. The research is adopted as a descriptive cross sectional study through an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The data revealed that youth and the middle aged people were most vulnerable to drug addiction. Physical disorders inflicting the drug addicts were high blood pressure, gastritis, bronchial asthma, skin diseases and majority were affected with neurological disorders.. Furthermore, mental disorders suffered by the drug addicts were anxiety, depression, impairment of memory power and Phobia etc. In addition, the main causative factors that drove people to take drugs were the influence caused by friends, easy availability of drugs, the urge to forget worries, for entertainment, and to increase creative instincts etc. With a view to minimize the menace of drug addiction, an awareness program targeting the youth and middle aged people informing the various social and physical disorders associated with drugs is being initiated through rehabilitation centers across the island
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Dr. Kulatunga R. D. H.
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