The Phenomenon of Drug Abuse in the Jordanian Society and its Impact on the Individual and Society

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the phenomenon of drug abuse in the Jordanian society and its impact on the individual and society. In order to achieve the study objectives, the researcher developed a questionnaire for collecting data. The researcher used the method of simple random sample to determine the study sample. The study sample consisted of (625) individuals. The study results showed that the social factors leading to drugs abuse in the Jordanian society were in the first place, followed by the economic factors, while the psychological factors were in the third place. The results also revealed that the most prominent effects of drug abuse on the individual were related to anxiety and semi-constant stress with a predisposition to depression in the first place, followed by sensitivity and arousal even for the simplest matters with insomnia or lack of desire to sleep, while the misunderstanding of time, place, distance and sizes as well as inability to discriminate things were in the third place. The results also revealed that the most prominent effects of drug abuse on the society were related to tribal violence in the first place, followed by low social coherence between the society individuals in the second rank, while family disintegration was in the third rank. The results showed that there are no statistically significant differences between the responses of the sample individuals regarding the factors leading to drug abuse in the Jordanian society due to gender, age, educational level, place of residence and income at (α≤0.05).