Abstract
The drug addiction has become one of the major and alarming social issues of Pakistan. The low-income areas in major cities of Pakistan have become the breeding places of addiction, gambling, prostitution and crimes. Faisalabad is the economic hub, largest textile industrial town and the third largest city of Pakistan. The shantytowns/slums in this city like others are booming with addicts and carrying many socioeconomic evils. A research study was conducted to explore the socioeconomic milieus on society. A sample of 80 respondents was selected randomly out of five settlements having a maximum number of addicts. The primary data was collected from the field in face-toface interviews. The results of the study showed that majority of the addicts are teenagers, belong to low-income, having low-level education (85%) and belong to the labour class (71.3%).It revealed from an analysis that majority of the addicts are aware of effects of drugs such as it breaks cells, breaks home, brings misery and stiffness, and so on. But they cannot get rid of it because their body demands it badly. At the end the two-plug strategy, reduction in demand and curbing the supply, is proposed.
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