SOCIAL-ECONOMIC CORRELATES OF DRUG USE IN BUCHAREST-ILFOV REGION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14860755Keywords:
drug use, addiction, social and economic correlates, key indicatorsAbstract
Social-Economic Correlates of Drug Use in Bucharest-Ilfov Region.
The negative effects of drug are the focus of the attention of researchers and practitioners when called upon to provide effective responses based on drug use trend analysis and estimates of the costs and correlates of the illicit drug use. At individual level, drug use has serious damaging effects on personal health, social life, the educational and professional course, and turns the life of a drug user in an obstacle race, in which life is threatened with each new bad decision. Both practitioners and decision-makers at global and European level become more concern as the age of onset for drug use decreases and illicit drug use becomes one of the major causes of preventable losses in society. This purpose of the paper is to generalize the concept of social and economic correlates of drug use, with a special focus on family, and to place it in relation to the dynamic phenomenon of drug use, in the specific geographical area of Bucharest and Ilfov. Applications of the concept are included to emphasize the link between evidence and practice. The paper builds on the analysis of academic investigations conducted by various authors and publications of relevant institutions.
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