Health and Social Impacts of Drug Abuse in Central Bohemia Region

The bachelor degree thesis deals with some aspects of drug addiction and long-term drug abuse and with related impacts and risks that affect health and social situation of drug addicts ? clients of low-threshold contact centers in the Central Bohemian region. The theoretical part of the thesis describes general attributes of drug abuse, development of addiction, stages of the abuse and approaches used worldwide to interpret the issue and approaches to its practical solution. It also outlines principles that form the basis of the system of social and therapeutic work with this target group and a current overview of services provided to drug addicts. The practical part contains results from a qualitative research and their evaluation; the research used personal statements of long-term drug users. The objective of the research was, among other things, to expand the notion that the majority society has of the subculture of drug addicts and to contribute to the understanding of the heart of health and social problems of this group of people, their views, attitudes and potential ways out from their current situation