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A survey of general perceptions and attitudes toward drug abuse among young people

청년층의 약물남용에 대한 일반적인 인식과 태도 조사

  • Received : 2021.11.16
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.03.28
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Abstract

This study investigated the perception and attitudes toward drug abuse among young people entering from adolescence to adulthood, and analyzed based on 1076 analytic questionnaires. Looking at the gender of the young people who participated in the survey, 699 men and 377 women had high awareness of methamphetamine, marijuana, bond, and propofol among abused drugs. It was found that 384 people (35.7%) were well aware of the dangers of drugs of abuse, but 249 people (23.1%) were well aware of the various problems caused by drugs of abuse, and 442 said they did not know. The number of people (41.1%) was almost twice as high. As for the desirable method to improve the problem of drug abuse, strong punishment were the highest at 53.6%, and school essential education was found to be an effective educational method for drug abuse prevention at 53.5%. Therefore, publicity or education projects for drug abuse prevention should be conducted more realistically, and a prevention education program that young people can empathize with should be developed. In addition, it is thought that it should help to establish a sound foundation for becoming an adult through proper education.

본 연구는 청소년기에서 성인기로 진입하는 청년층의 약물남용에 대한 인식과 태도를 살펴 보기위해 분석 가능한 설문지 1076부를 토대로 분석하였다. 설문에 참여한 청년들의 성별을 보면 남자 699명, 여자 377명이고 남용약물 중 필로폰, 대마, 본드, 프로포폴에 대한 인식이 높았다. 남용약물의 위험성에 대한 인식은 384명(35.7%)이 잘 알고 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 남용약물이 유발하는 다양한 문제에 대해서 잘 알고 있다가 249명(23.1%), 잘 모른다는 442명(41.1%)로 거의 2배 가까이 높게 나타났다. 약물남용에 대한 문제를 개선하기 위한 바람직한 방안은 강력한 처벌이 53.6%로 가장 높게 나왔으며 약물남용 예방을 위한 효과적인 교육 방법으로 학교 필수교육 53.5%로 나타났다. 따라서 약물남용 예방을 위한 홍보나 교육 사업이 좀 더 현실적으로 진행되어야 하며 청년들이 공감할 수 있는 예방 교육 프로그램을 개발되어야 한다. 또한 약물 남용에 의한 약물 중독은 거의 대부분이 재발될 수 있으므로 재활 대책 수립은 필수적이며 약물사용에 대한 올바른 교육은 지속적으로 필요하다고 사료된다.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported(in part) by research funds from Nambu University, 2021

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