Sociological study of substance abuser in Gurgaon

Pages: 1577-1579
Devinder Kumar (Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana)
Sunila Rathee (Department of Psychiatry, University of Health, Rohtak, Haryana)
Brahmdeep Sindhu (Senior Medical Officer, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana)

The issue of drug abuse is one of the major problems of contemporary society. The incidence of drug abuse among rural areas is getting un-expectedly high. The present study is conducted to know the socio-economic profile of drug addicts and to understand the pattern of drug abuse among drug addicts in district Gurgaon of Haryana. Present study revealed that drug abuse among rural youth is a multifaceted problem. Peer pressure or influence, addiction in family history and exposure to drugs were found to be main instigators for youth to indulge in drug abuse. One more interesting thing comes to know, it seems that peer group of drug abuser does not want that respondent quit the addiction, that’s why only three friends come to meet during hospitalization and out of them 2 are comes to supply the substance.