Abstract
This research has been performed to investigate the relationships between the personality traits and drug usage among the addicted society members. 200 people took part in the present investigation. They were selected in clusters at random from among addicted communities who referred to the centers for stopping addiction and answered Neo personality traits questionnaires and the questionnaire for drug usage withdrawal. Resulted data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and simultaneous regression. The results of the research indicate that conscientiousness has the highest correlation (P<0.01, r= -063), of course personality traits of extroversion (P<0.01, r=-0.51), neurosis orientation (P<0.01, r=0.43), and compatibility (P<0.01, r=-0.43) with the use of drugs, But openness to experience has no correlations with the drug usage. Also, the results of analyzing regression indicates that the differentials of extroversion, conscientiousness explain (P<o.001)0.56 of variance of drug usage. According to the increase in the number of addicts, dangerous drugs and frequent returns among the addicts, identifying dangerous factors and critical prerequisites of identifying addiction decreases the range of its dangers.
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