The Impact of Drug Addiction Among the Students of Tertiary Level in Bangladesh

Abstract

Drug use is becoming a major issue all over the world and people are taking drug without thinking its stern effects. The effects of drug abuse are felt on many levels: personal, friends, family and societal. The present study attempt to get an idea of drug addiction among the university students of Bangladesh. A total of 200 respondents were taken as a sample from different academic years. The results revealed that Phensedyl is the most popular drug and Yaba is the second most popular drug among the respondents. However, the results also show that the highest number of students are taking drug with friends (70%) and only a few students are taking drug alone. Moreover, most of the addicted students are buying drug from an agent. In addition, most of the students also mentioned that the habit of taking drugs affect their mental, physical health as well as their academic performances. Efforts are made so that our students have recreational areas with a variety of recreation activities like games and sports that may fully occupy them during weekends and evenings. Consequently, the concerned authorities should be empowered and provided with equipment to detect and arrest drug abusers, and those concerned with the drug business in the university campus and nearby area.

Keywords: Drug addiction, University students, Bangladesh

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-7-03

Publication date:March 31^st 2019