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Maryam Mokhtari; Hossein Jafari Mehr
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Today, the spread of dependency on drugs in the national and international scope imposes a lot of costs on governments, and it is essential to carry out social and research to reduce these costs. This research uses a structural perspective to answer the questions. What is the state of fighting against ...
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Today, the spread of dependency on drugs in the national and international scope imposes a lot of costs on governments, and it is essential to carry out social and research to reduce these costs. This research uses a structural perspective to answer the questions. What is the state of fighting against drug addiction in Iran? Furthermore, the research compares Iran with some other countries to reveal the weaknesses and strengths of fighting against drug addiction in Iran. The research has made use of the secondary analysis method. The written documents and the existing statistics available in international organizations have been employed to answer the questions. The findings were analyzed in four segments including comparing the situation of drug abuse in Iran and other countries, drug abuse and some indicators of human and welfare development, general policies in solving the problem of drug abuse in Iran and the world, and finally the dynamics of the drug market in the world. the research showed that drug abuse is increasing in Iran and the world, and psychedelics are dominant over drug abuse. In this path, policies based on fighting the reduction of supply and demand of drugs just increase the costs of drug addiction in society if they don’t consider strengthening the economic and social infrastructure of the society. Therefore, the policy-making experiences of countries with low drug abuse show that solving drug abuse requires culturalization and strengthening of the socio-economic foundation of the society. In other words, fighting against causes not effects.
Hossein Yahyazadeh Pirsaraee; marjan kiani
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Addiction and substance abuse are one of the social issues that are constantly on the rise. The consequences and damage that the family and the society bear as a result of women’s drug addiction is far more profound than that of men. The purpose of this study was to understand the social experiences ...
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Addiction and substance abuse are one of the social issues that are constantly on the rise. The consequences and damage that the family and the society bear as a result of women’s drug addiction is far more profound than that of men. The purpose of this study was to understand the social experiences and consequences of drug abuse in women. The theoretical saturation criterion was conducted with 25 women in the semi-structured in-depth interview camp .Using a thematic analysis, the data collected was categorized and interpreted based on the research questions and objectives. The findings of this study were presented in four main themes in the four areas of women's addiction experiences, camp experience, addiction outcome, and from experience to outcome. The results show that the age of onset of addiction is decreasing. Furthermore, changes in the type of substances abused have occurred. The onset of addiction for women and girls is not just from home and the family, but also the role of friends.
