Student
Dissertation 1st Batch 
Life Stories of Young Drug Users in Bangladesh:
A Qualitative Research to explore Drug related behaviors among young People of high
socioeconomic status
Dr. Md. Salim
Abstract
It is no exaggeration of the fact that innumerable people are becoming hooked-up into drug day by day throughout the world. Drug abuse is an alarming problem in Bangladesh where there are 1.7 million drug abusers (Salek SA, 1999). An ever-growing menace of drug addiction is affecting not only the younger generation, but also the society as a whole. Drug use shortens life expectancy, decreases productivity, increases absenteeism from workplace and schools, and is linked to higher cost of medical care, accidents, crime, and high-risk sexual behavior (Mahbubur Rahman et al, 2000).
