Prevalence of Substance Abusers in a Tourist Area
Volume 2 - Issue 1
Mubashar Mashqoor Mir1, Susan Jalali2, Audil Mateen3, Karan Dev Singh4, Vilayat Ali5 and Mohammad Sarwar
Mir6*
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- 1Medical Officer and Resident Dermatology, J and K Health, India
- 2RMO, SKIMS, India
- 3Medical Officer and Pediatrician, J and K Health, India
- 4Resident Pediatrics, JK Health, India
- 5Resident Radio Diagnosis, JK health, India
- 6Senior Resident, SKIMS, India
*Corresponding author:
Mohammad Sarwar Mir, Senior Resident, SKIMS, India
Received: January 01, 2019; Published: January 17, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2019.02.000129
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Abstract
Introduction: Drug abuse is becoming the emerging problem in the youth which breaks back of any nation and it is more
prevalent in tourist areas.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted during the month of January 2015 at health camps organized
in a tourist area by an NGO HR foundation. Total 200 subjects were studied.
Results and conclusion: In this study majority of cases were males belonging to younger age groups. Majority of the patients
belonged to lower socioeconomic section. 60% of the subjects were poly substance abuser. Charas was the most commonly abused
substance followed by alcohol.
Keywords: Substance Abuse; Youth; Drugs; Tourist
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