This research
concerns the problem of drugs and drug addiction in northern Palestine.
Although this problem has accrued in the last three decades and it
currently represents a serious threat to our society, there are very few
studies on the issue and programs related to drug awareness and
rehabilitation are scant. This study aims at defining the drug problem
in northern Palestine: types of drugs used and their availability,
networks of distribution, definition of users and trends of addiction,
it also examines the level of awareness of the dangers of drug use among
Palestinians and their understanding of its socio-economic impacts on
the one hand, and their attitudes towards addicts, on the other hand.
Finally it aims to study and define risk factors and their possible
effects.
In Palestine, there are no centers for treatment of addiction or for
development of research in the field of addiction; this study proposes a
few answers or solutions on how to address the problem. There is
discrepancy between our findings about the number of drug users (the
percent the study found is more than 4%) and those officially declared
(less than 0.5%). This makes it urgent to draw the attention of those
who are directly and indirectly concerned with the issue among official
bodies and the commuity and stress the need for a widespread awareness
campaign particularly among the youth who are a most vulnerable target
group.
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Deposit This research concerns the problem of drugs and drug addiction
in northern Palestine. Although this problem has accrued in the last
three decades and it currently represents a serious threat to our
society, there are very few studies on the issue and programs related to
drug awareness and rehabilitation are scant. This study aims at
defining the drug problem in northern Palestine: types of drugs used and
their availability, networks of distribution, definition of users and
trends of addiction, it also examines the level of awareness of the
dangers of drug use among Palestinians and their understanding of its
socio-economic impacts on the one hand, and their attitudes towards
addicts, on the other hand. Finally it aims to study and define risk
factors and their possible effects.
In Palestine, there are no centers for treatment of addiction or for
development of research in the field of addiction; this study proposes a
few answers or solutions on how to address the problem. There is
discrepancy between our findings about the number of drug users (the
percent the study found is more than 4%) and those officially declared
(less than 0.5%). This makes it urgent to draw the attention of those
who are directly and indirectly concerned with the issue among official
bodies and the community and stress the need for a widespread awareness
campaign particularly among the youth who are a most vulnerable target
group.