Women and drugs

This thesis deals with women who have experienced drug use, both permitted and illicit, or are still users. In the theoretical part, I focused on the social significance of the gender and its importance in drug use. I dedicated an important part to the theoretical research of characteristics of women who use drugs and to the differences between men and women. These differences were also the basis for the empirical part. I checked the indicators of the differences between men and women in drug use that I have found in the literature with interviews. During the content analysis I added some of the indicators that were not found in the literature but were exposed in the interviews. I described every indicator with the theory and added experiences and opinions of users who confirmed or denied a certain theory. In the last part, I summarized main findings and added proposals for the work with female drug users in the conclusion