The prevention of drug abuse, methods, challenges and researches

Mohammad Sourizaei; Javad Khalatbari; Mohammad Mojtaba Keikhayfarzaneh  and Ramnaz Raisifard

doi:10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i8.21

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The prevention of drug abuse, methods, challenges and researches

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i8.21

Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 8, Pages: 1000-1004

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The prevention of drug abuse, methods, challenges and researches

Mohammad Sourizaei^1* , Javad Khalatbari² , Mohammad Mojtaba Keikhayfarzaneh³ and Ramnaz Raisifard⁴

¹Department of Electronics, Young Researcher Club, Zabol Branch ,Islamic Azad University, Zabol, Iran.
² Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Tonekabon, Iran.
³Department of Psychology, Young Researcher Club, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
⁴Department of Architecture, Young Researcher Club, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
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Abstract

Drug use is one of the most dangerous problems of human societies in the modern era, which, in addition to numerous health problems, put also the cultural-social foundations at risk, and unfortunately, the youth are the most vulnerable age group for drug abuse. Nowadays, the emphasis is to cooperatively and coordinately prevent drug addiction and because this principle is superior to drug abuse treatment, there have been numerous training methods for preventing drug abuse for different age periods. The present study is aimed to review these methods and also the causes of drug abuse and the researches done in this field.
Keywords: Drug abuse, psychology, addiction