Investigate the Interaction between Supply and Treatment (and harm reduction) of Addiction Actions

Drug addiction and abuse, which has become popular amongst people as a big catastrophe, has become one of the major concerns of human societies today. The purpose of this study is to investigate the interaction between supply and treatment (and harm reduction) measures.

The research method was analytical –survey and applied. The data were collected from members of the Kerman Drug Fight Division including administrators, deputies, staff, experts, physicians, nurses, and residents. The instrument was a questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. In the first stage, random cluster sampling was performed for each center and in the second stage, simple random sampling was used. Finally, data of 287 questionnaires were analyzed using Amos and SPSS software.

The results showed that there is no relationship between drug abuse coping and drug addiction reduction. On the other hand, treatment measures have a positive effect on reducing the damage of addiction. Also, the interaction between anti-supply measures and treatment measures was also confirmed.

The findings can be considered as a policy to cope up with drug supply.