The role of social worke in confronting the factors leading to drug addiction among poor families from the point of view of social workers and poor families themselves

Abstract

The present paper aims to define the social, economic, and psychological factors of drug addiction among poor Saudi families and the role of social work in confronting these factors. Because it is a descriptive study, it adopts the social survey approach using a random sample. The population comprised the poor Saudi families in Al-Bir and Bunyan charities and social workers. The results showed a moderate agreement on the factors of drug addiction among poor Saudi families from the perspective of social workers, with an arithmetic mean of (2.17). All the social, economic, and psychological factors received a moderate agreement. Moreover, the participants agreed on the role of social work in confronting the factors of drug addiction among poor Saudi families from the perspective of social workers and families, with arithmetic means of (2.87 out of 3) and (2.83 out of 3). They agreed on all suggested roles, including caring for the families of addicts, fostering relations in poor Saudi families, conducting studies on addiction and treatment, providing free consultations to the addict and family, and providing material and moral support to the addict.