Causes of drug prevalence among youth

Abstract

The phenomenon of drug use and trafficking, along with terrorism, war and hunger, is one of the major crises of human society. Especially young people have become addicted to drugs, which is a dangerous alarm for the future of Kurdish society and the deterioration of family harmony. Based on social learning theory, microculture, peer groups, family behavior, relative deprivation, leisure time related to the causes of drug prevalence among youth. This is descriptive-explanatory research using qualitative and phenomenological methods. As addiction has been studied and understood as a social phenomenon. The interview technique was used to collect information and interviews were conducted with (13)experts in the field of drugs, including (3)psychiatrists, (6)social workers,(2)heads of drug organizations, (1) prosecutor and (1) head of the drug directorate in the Kurdistan Region. To interpret and analyze the data, qualitative content analysis method was used by collecting the text of the interviews, classifying the data in such a way that duplicate and similar items are removed. The reasons for the spread of drugs among young people include social, family, political, economic, personal and psychological, weakness of the law, etc., which makes drugs increase day by day.