Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE IN SELECTED SLUMS OF DELHI

M. Sunil Kumar, Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer

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 Abuse of drugs and alcohol is a universal phenomenon which affects almost every country in the world, both in developed and developing countries. India is also experiencing the critical issue of substance use specially among the adolescent children, the future citizens of India. This has become significant more among the marginalized communities including urban slums. The present study is an effort to assess and understand the nature of substance use in two selected slums of Delhi. Purposive random sampling with snowballing technique has been adopted to elicit information from adolescents abusing substances. Results show that a majority of age group of 14 to 17 years with initiation of substance use as early as 10 years. Curiosity, experimentation, peer pressure, family history of substance use and easy availability of substances were some of the reason for substance use. The paper highlights r the  risk vulnerability and  suggested a few preventive measures.

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M. Sunil Kumar, Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer, SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE IN SELECTED SLUMS OF DELHI, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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