مواد مخدر: مسايل روش شناسي

Drug Abuse: Methodological Issues

For a long time now drug and addiction has become social problem and the fight against it has been on the agenda of government and international societies. Tackling this chronic and complex issue requires precise knowledge of various dimensions of the problem. In this arduous fight against addiction and drugs, only Those programs succeed that are planned and implemented on the basis of realistic evaluation of the spread and nature of the problem. To make the above conditions possible, one must recognize that the study of the problem of addiction is an inseparable prat of efficient approach to the fight against addiction. If anti-addiction campaigns and programs are not based on research findings and are not evaluated and modified through systematic research, one can hardly be hopeful of the outcomes.