Prevalence of Drug Use Among the Working Population as a Form of Disadaptation Process. Part I

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the spread of drug use among the working population. On the basis of materials of quantitative and qualitative research of the deviant behavior sector of sociology from the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and also reviews of domestic and foreign research, the situation with involvement of workers of various professional groups in drug addiction is analyzed. In the first part of the article, the features of the use of psychoactive substances among workers of hazardous industry-related enterprises, the construction industry, medical workers and lawyers are considered, and the main risk factors influencing the use of psychoactive substances are revealed. It is demonstrated that among the workers of hazardous industry-related enterprises and builders, the introduction to drug use is the chosen adaptation strategy of overcoming difficulties and hard working conditions. The main risk factors for health care providers are the availability of psychoactive substances and a high level of readiness to experiment with them. Among the professional group of lawyers, a high level of stigmatization of substance use disorders has been identified, which significantly underestimates the actual rates of consumption.

Keywords

• drug use
• drugs
• new psychoactive substances
• motives for drug use
• working-age population
• professional groups
• occupation
• controlled drug use