Author/Authors :
Shabani، Mina نويسنده Department of Psychiatry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran , , Setareh، Mehrdad نويسنده Forensic Medicine Department, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran , , Mousavinasab، Seyed Nouraddin نويسنده Associate Professor, Biostatistician, Social Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran , , Falahatgar، Nadia نويسنده General Practitioner, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran ,
Abstract :
Alcohol is the most prevalent abused drug in the world and brings out a large amount of medical expenses to the society. This paper presents an empirical investigation to devise preventive measures and identify the groups at risk. In this study, a descriptive study was conducted among people who were arrested by the police because of committing illegal actions and were suspected of alcohol usage were referred to the organization of forensic medicine. The studied variables include gender, age, state of affair, marital status, type of crime, the time of drug use, tranquillizer drugs and the times of psychiatrist visit. Out of 305 subjects, 204 (66.9%) cases had a positive respiratory test result and 101 (33.1%) were negative. The results showed that committing crimes due to quarrel and wrangling (34.3%) and being drunk in the public (29.7%) were prevalent among the people who used alcohol. Driving accidents also had 18% prevalence. 32.7% of the people who had a negative respiratory test result had committed crimes because of being drunk and 29.7% of them had quarrel and wrangling. The high rate of alcohol use in people who referred from the disciplinary office to the organization of forensic medicine demonstrated that it was necessary to devise a plan in order to improve a personʹs awareness of harmful alcohol use and to identify the vulnerable groups in the society.
