Understanding Drug Use in Meghalaya: A Drug Users’ Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorNongrum, MSen_US
dc.contributor.authorNengnong, CBen_US
dc.contributor.authorPassah, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorDecruse, Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorDohling, Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorWarjri, SGen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T11:28:21Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T11:28:21Z
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.description.abstractDespite being considered a low prevalence state for illicit drug use in 2005, presently Meghalaya faces heightened vulnerability to drug use. The absence of updated data in Meghalaya underscores the necessity for this study to profile drug users. A qualitative descriptive approach was adopted; 128 opioid substitution therapy clients and 17 service providers from three districts of Meghalaya were interviewed. Drug users were generally males with low educational attainment and 80% working in the unorganized sector. A quarter started drug use during their school years. The reasons for drug initiation are curiosity and experimentation, family problems, peer pressure, and de?stressing. Heroin, the most injected drug, accounted for a daily average expenditure of `500–`2000. The age of initiation of drugs is lower than in other states, thus warranting the need for enhanced sensitization about drug risks among school adolescents, youth, and the unorganized employment sector.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIndian Institute of Public Health Shillong, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIndian Institute of Public Health Shillong, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIndian Institute of Public Health Shillong, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMeghalaya AIDS Control Society, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMeghalaya AIDS Control Society, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMeghalaya AIDS Control Society, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationNongrum MS, Nengnong CB, Passah M, Decruse B, Dohling W, Warjri SG. Understanding Drug Use in Meghalaya: A Drug Users’ Perspective. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2025 Jun; 69(2): 224-226en_US
dc.identifier.issn0019-557X
dc.identifier.issn2229-7693
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/253902
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer – Medknowen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume69en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijph.ijph_664_24en_US
dc.subjectDrug useen_US
dc.subjectMeghalayaen_US
dc.subjectNortheast Indiaen_US
dc.subjectqualitative studyen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Drug Use in Meghalaya: A Drug Users’ Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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