Discussion and Recommendation
The findings of research reflected etic propositions regarding the effect and negative influence of addictive substances on the self and personalities of the participants as earlier reported among users’ in self-coping and defense styles (Evren, Ozcetinkaya, Ulku, Cagil, Gokalp, Cetin &Yigiter, 2012) in the western cultures. Moreover, ’substance use’, as a negative influence for users own self emerged similarly as it was reported in earlier studies(Khantzian, 2013a). Present work hinted towards some comparative added social abnormalities among heroin users as compared to non-users (Fieldman, Woolfolk& Allen, 1995), similarly the negative influence of heroin use on the social behavior of users (Babor, Meyer, Mirin, McNamee & Davies, 1976) also emerged. Some age and gender related factors as mentioned in advanced world studies (Warner-Smith, Darke, Lynskey& Hall, 2001) also found as related, moreover a context study found age and gender role among users in case of self-neglect (Roy, 2010), the demographic characteristics of present study informed about a few resembling features(Table 1-3),a few other studies also depicted relationship of substance use and its influence on gender and age(Lin, Chang, Wang, Wu, Yen, Yeh, … & Yen, 2013: Cicero, Ellis, Surratt & Kurtz , 2014) and on male sample without age link (Malik, Khan, Jabbar&Iqbal, 1992).
The societal outlook of advanced world and oriental cultures reflected that humans as human groups have the tendency to perceive ‘drug users’ as ‘different’ and less approved groups because of taboos or for the importance ofthe mechanisms of social control in human cultures (Chiauzzi&Liljegren, 1993; Bourgois, 2002) or social prohibitionist functionaries control (Harding, &Zinberg, 1977)? However still social factors role in both ways appears to be there in addiction (Nakhaee&Jadidi 2009) to illicit drug use (Ford, &Arrastia, 2008). Therefore more deep studies are required for better understanding and suggestions and there are already a few (Ahern, Stuber&Galea, 2007: Room, 2004: Corrigan, Kuwabara.,& O’Shaughnessy2009). Some studies related with economic conditions and drug stigmatizations are also available like the role of unemployment relationship with stigma effects (Biewen&Steffes 2010). The present study has reflected comparable strong evidence about certain aspects related to drug addicts and the heroin addiction, perhaps less reported and appeared because of the interplay of various cultural conditions as components that are there in oriental culture where the study was conducted.