Factors affecting cocaine use in Tehran

The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors affecting cocaine use in Tehran.

The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of type and method. Because, in addition to expressing the nature, characteristics and attributes of the current situation, it examines various factors involved in the spread and distribution of narcotics and also describes and explains the problem and its dimensions; And it is based on practical purpose. The statistical population includes 81 anti-narcotics police specialists who work in the fight against narcotics, especially cocaine-type drugs, which is considered as a whole number. The tool of data collection is a questionnaire made by the researcher in the form of 32 questions in 5 economic dimensions; political-security; Sociocultural, Legal-juridical and geographical-environmental is designed. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by anti-narcotics experts and its reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha of 0.73.

The findings showed that among the identified influencing factors, political-security factors with an average of 3.88 are the most effective in cocaine use in Tehran, and then in order; Agents Legal-judicial factors with an average of 3.64, geographical- environmental factors with an average of 3.50, economic factors with an average of 3.37 have had a greater impact on the increase in cocaine consumption in Tehran. Also, the socio-cultural factor was not included in the ranking because it was not significant.

by controlling the determined economic factors and indicators; political-security; Legally, geographically and environmentally, it is possible to prevent the consumption and smuggling of cocaine in Tehran.