The Impact of Life-style Drugs on Society: An Empirical Evidence from Pattaya, Thailand

Abstract

People are extensively using drugs for changing their physical and mental aptitudes. These drugs are called life-style drugs. There is no doubt that the use of life-style drugs, including various nutritional supplements, provides many benefits to the individuals, but the continued use of these medicines makes the persons addicted. It adversely affects the health of individuals. Present study therefore aims to investigate the impact of life-style drugs on society. The study uses different supplements such as Food supplements (FS), Anabolic steroids (AS), Melatonin supplement (MS), Height increasing pills (HP), and Lipase Inhibitor (LI) as a proxy of life-style drugs. The study collected the data from 234 individuals of Pattaya, Thailand through a questionnaire. Study uses smart PLS software for analyzing the empirical results. Firstly, the study checks the reliability and validity of the data. After that, study uses path analysis for the estimation of proposed hypotheses. Significance of the results are tested through bootstrapping. Results of the study reveal positive impact of FS, while negative impact of AS, MS, HP and LI on Society. The study suggested that life-style drugs should supply only those individuals who are having the prescription from doctor.