Drug addiction among undergraduate students of private universities in Bangladesh

The present study was conducted to get an idea of drug addiction in undergraduate students of private universities in Bangladesh. Researcher also exposed the causes of drug addiction, types of drugs they mainly used and their treatment taking attitude. Sample was selected on the basis of purposive sampling technique. Researcher met them individually to collect the data by using questionnaire. For this purpose 160 samples were selected from different private universities. Age range of the subjects was from 15 to 25 years. Result revealed that 38.75% respondents were addicted because of influenced by friends and 31.88% respondents involved in drug addiction of just trying to do something new. 86.87% respondents were taking ganja which was the highest among different drugs, 86.87% respondents were aware of treatment for drug addiction though the rate of taking treatment for drug addiction was less. Among them 41.93% respondents were involved with drugs again after taking treatment. In conclusion it can be said that students mainly took drugs to have fun or just for the sake of curiosity though their treatment taking attitude was in very low stage. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.