Identifying the Contexts of Addiction in Lorestan Province (Emphasizing the Qualitative Typology Approach)

Introduction: The issue of addiction not only causes physical problems but also has many social consequences for consumers and those around them that change the social behavior and social isolation of individuals. Every country, with every history and background, has faced the problem of addiction and has tried various ways against this problem, such as extensive rehabilitation programs for addicts, disruption of drug production, or support for the vulnerable. These solutions have sometimes been positive and sometimes in complete futility have not had any positive effect on resolving this social harm. Therefore, it seems that each country can achieve its goal in this field by implementing "its own" programs and according to its own local conditions. Therefore, by recognizing the underlying and local causes of addiction in Iran and its different regions, the puzzle of this constant struggle can be completed and an effective solution can be reached. Lorestan province is one of the provinces where according to statistics it can be said that the issue of addiction has become a social crisis. The aim of this study was to discover the contexts of addiction in Lorestan province.
Method: Research method, thematic analysis; The study population was people who understood the phenomenon of addiction (addicts and their families); Purposeful sampling method; Number of samples, 64 people; The method of data collection was in-depth interviews and the text of the interviews was encoded by NVivo8 software.
Findings: Findings showed that the person due to 1) driving mechanisms (individual contextual variables; paternal contextual variables; socio-economic status; existence of infected pattern; physical and mental pain; love failure, education , Occupational, financial; ignorance and weak socialization; weak parent-child bond; separation (homelessness, divorce / parents, death of loved ones), non-adherence to norms; inefficiency of legal rules) and 2) attraction mechanisms: (Access to drugs; physical, sexual and mental success; curiosity; entertainment; self-affirmation) tends to addiction.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that in order to prevent addiction, in parallel with weakening and eliminating the driving mechanisms, we should strengthen and provide the absorption mechanisms in the field of healthy attractions. Therefore, in order to achieve the important and necessary goal of addiction prevention, in addition to "economic" and "political" plans to combat the production, trafficking, distribution and consumption of drugs, it is necessary to address "cultural" and "social" plans. In order to prevent the harms caused by the spread of addiction by creating a culture of addiction prevention and creating cohesion and social control among individuals.