A study of Birjand University students' knowledge and attitude towards taking ecstasy pills

Introduction: Drug addiction is ruinous, but more ruinous is addiction to Ecstasy drugs and materials.

Regarding the increasing use of this material in the country the present study was carried out to the extent of Birjand university students knowledge about and attitude to wards Ecstasy pills in Birjand .It was thus considered their rare of knowledge  and attitude to plan for necessary trainings in this respect. The harmful effects of these materials should be introduced to the students and to other vulnerable group of the community.

 

Method: In this descriptive – analytical study 536 students from universities of medical sciences, azad, and science universities of Birjand were investigated. Data collecting tool was a structured questionnaire containing 30 questions. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were measured by content validity and test retest respectively .to analyze the data , chi-square, student T-test and one way were used and p£0.05 was considered as the significance level.

 

Finding: It was revealed that 63.4% of the students had weak 29.7% moderate, and only 6.9% high knowledge about Ecstasy pills .13.6% of them had seen the pills, but only 4.3% had used them. There was no significant relationship between knowledge mean knowledge score and variables such as gender, place of residence, and university. Also, there was no significant relation ship between using EX pills, University, and order of birth. But there was a significant correlation between using EX pills and place of residence, gender and students’ rate of knowledge. (P<0.05)

 

Discussion and conclusion:

Lack of information and knowledge is a leading factor in athracting vulnerable groups of the community to Ecstasy pills .Besides, living in places, such as rented houses not controlled by authorities can be a factor in attracting students to narcotics and ecstasy.

 

Key words: Ecstasy pills, student, knowledge and attitude.