MD. RUHUL AMIN1*, MD. RASHIDUL ISLAM SHEIKH2, MOHAMMAD AINUL HAQUE3, MD. ABU TALEB4 and MOHAMMAD MAKSUDUR RAHMAN5
1=Lecturer, 2=Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, 3=Lecturer, Department of Antropology, Comilla University, Comilla, 4=Assistant Director, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla and 5=Deputy Registrar, Southeast University, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh. *Corresponding author’s Email: rubel_2008iu@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The problem of drug addiction has taken the shop of an epidemic form in Bangladesh that demolishes the productive forces and handicaps the development process. Bangladesh is not a drug producing country, yet due to its geographical location in between the golden and crescent triangle and passing of the crescent ways through it here the problem of drug abuse has got epidemic form creating imbalances through narcoterrorism and handicaps the development process. In recent years, there has been an exponential rise in drug abuse, apparently reflecting the impoverished country’s steady socio-economic development. The study was conducted at the Comilla City Corporation Area, Comilla, Bangladesh during May to June 2011.
Keywords: Drug, Drug addiction, Prevention and Focused group discussion (FGD).