Exploring the Causes of Drug Usage among the Youth in Tehsil, Dargai, District Malakand

Abstract

The use of substantive drugs may lead to different social, emotional, and physical problems among youth. Drug abuse is a social critical problem that prevails among youth across the world. Drug abuse is the misuse of illegal ways to consume the drugs Such as alcohol, Cocaine Tobacco marijuana and heroin. Pakistan is known for its youngest population not only in its region but across the world. Pakistan has 64% of its population is under the age of 29. Pakistani in the future will be one of the youngest countries across the world. The use of drug among youth is dramatically increasing and the finding of this research has been found that more than 20% of total population of Pakistan is engaging in substantive heavy drug usage and adopted different ways to get the drugs and involve in some different activities of drug abuse. This research study was carried out at Tehsil Dargai District Malakand. The researchers used the purposive sampling by collection data from 203 respondents by getting the support of lifestyle theory and the social learning theory to know the perception of respondents who are highly involved in drug abuse and which factors motivated them to engage in such activities and divert them into different activities. The research has found that between 18- to 25-year-old youth are most vulnerable section to drug addiction. Most of the drugs addicts are those youth have not completed their matriculation, first primary section of education and 11% of the youth who are enrolled in their master’s degree. The dire effect of drug addiction among youth creates the loss of the responsibilities, dignity, and integrity of their character because of the drugs usages.