The Effective Social Factors of Tendency to Drugs among the Youth of Kabul City

Tendency to drugs among young people is considered one of the harms and social problems in all countries, including Afghanistan. According to the general condition of Afghan society and especially the unsuitable economic, cultural, recreational conditions in Kabul City, young people are more exposed to drug addiction than other age groups. The purpose of this study is to determine the effective social factors of the tendency to use drugs among the youth of Kabul City. This study was done through explanatory, descriptive, analytical and survey methods. The statistical population of this study was the young people between 18 and 35 in Kabul City who are users of social networks and the Internet. A total of 251 questionnaires were completed from among the statistical community. The result of this study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between not having facilitating opportunities for free time, feeling insecure, having bad/harmful friends, abnormality and normalization of drug use in Kabul City and family problems. Also, income, employment and literacy are influential in the tendency of young people to drugs. However, age, marital status, household size, residential status, addiction of a family member had no significant relationship with drug tendency. Therefore, it was concluded that drug tendency has been influenced by various social factors. Public and private institutions and organizations can reduce the tendency to use drugs among young people by facilitating and providing education, awareness, recreation-entertainment, employment and reducing insecurity factors.