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- Title
Factors Influencing Vulnerability Towards Heroin Addiction in a Pakistani Cohort.
- Authors
Jabeen, Shagufta; Raja, Muhammad Saqlain; Saeed, Sadia; Zafar, Muhammad Mobeen; Ghani, Rizwana Abdul; Mahmood, Abid; Fiaz, Muhammad; Shiaq, Pakeeza Arzoo; Baig, Shahid Mahmood; Naqvi, S. M. Saqlan; Raja, Ghazala Kaukab
- Abstract
Addiction to opioids including other illicit drugs is a chronic, relapsing multifactorial disorder of brain and, if left untreated, major medical, social, and economic problems arise. Drug addiction is among major health issues faced by the World including Pakistan with an alarming annual increase in heroin addicts. The study was designed to identify the socio-demographic risk factors contributing to increasing susceptibility to heroin addiction in Pakistani populations. In this epidemiological study subjects were interviewed through a comprehensive questionnaire consisting of open and closed-ended questions. Data regarding key factors such as age and ethnicity, communal domain, education level, employment status and demographic factors (drug route, drug dose) have bearing upon heroin addiction was collected. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Early age of addiction onset, low literacy rate, peer pressure, occupation type, and stress are among risk factors increasing susceptibility towards heroin addiction in our studied cohort. Drug abuse initiated at an early age seems to trigger transition to heroin addiction under the influence of environmental risk factors.
- Subjects
OPIOIDS; HEROIN; HEROIN abuse; DRUG addiction; PSYCHOLOGY of drug addiction
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2017, Vol 49, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.1.95.99