Submitted By-

PROFESSOR DR. SHAIKH SHAMSUL ARAFIN

Department of Management Studies
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205.
Email: skarafin@gmail.com
A Research Proposal on Bad impacts of Voice:+8801730045796

Drug Addiction on Youth and Economy

in Bangladesh: Business Perspective
Submitted By-
An Assignment on Business Research Methods, ASHIQUE MAHMUD AMIR
Course Code: MGT-409 ID:1610434163,
BBA 4th Year 2nd Semester
Department of Management Studies
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205.
Email: Ashique.mahmud.amir@gmail.com
Voice:+8801684447607
Table of Contents
 Executive Summary

Every nation of the beautiful world has badly affected by the drug abused . Bangladesh is no exception.There
are millions of drug addicted people in Banglade sh and most of them are young between the age of 18 and
30(teenagers). But it is very alarming that the children (i.e. street children) are also additcted to drug due to
various reasons. Drug abuse directly cause health hazard of the addicted people and influences the economic
and social aspects of a country. So i f we unable to removed this problem , our next generation will be dropped
to the edge of destruction. The objectives of the study is to find out the present scenario of drug addiction
especially among the young generation in Bangladesh, to identify different types of drugs, to find the impact of
drug addiction, to find the cause of taking drugs , to find the bad effects on our next generation and economy
& Society, discussion and data analysis and finally to give recommendation how to save the problem. Recent
trend in Drug Addiction in Bangladesh is most talked topic in our country. It is impossible for me to collect the
primary data due to shortage of time. For this I have dependent on secondary data. So it is a descriptive
assaignment basically . In this regard data has been collected from different type of newspaper, research reports
and website. Drug addiction of young generation and its impact is a sensitive subject. Even I don’t get enough
time to make this paper innovative , resourceful and effective. But there is no lackings of my hard work and
cordial effort.

Statement of the Problem

Bangladesh the beautiful country in the world has badly affected by the drug abused . There are millions of drug
addicted people in Bangladesh and most of them are young between the age of 18 and 30 (teenagers) even the
street children. Drug abuse directly cause health hazard of the addicted people and influences the economic
and social aspects of a country. So if we unable to removed this problem, our next generation will be dropped
to the edge of destruction. Drug addiction of young generation and its impact is a sensitive subject. Even I don’t
get enough time to make this paper innovative , resourceful and effective. But there is no lackings of my hard
work and cordial effort.

Objectives of the Research

The main aim of my study is “to identify the present situation of drug addiction in bangladesh and whats the
effects of drug on our Econimics & Society” And other objectives are: • To know what type of drugs used in
Bangladesh. • To know the average age, area, education and occupation of the addicts • To find out the main
cause of taking drugs. • To identify the bad effects of drug on health, economics & society. • To show the
relationship among drug, next generation & economics. • To find out the trafficking route, available area of
drugs in bangladesh. • To recommend how the problem can be uprooted.
 Review of relevant literature

For conducting this study we have reviewed a number of relevant literatures to get clear idea on this topic. We
have studied different literatures from online journals, thesis papers, articles and other relevant literatures
through internet. By reviewing these we find that the prevalence of street children has been escalating in most
of the developing world mostly in Bangladesh. As Narayan Sharma and Suresh Joshi (2013) have said -“The
problems of street children are more significant in the developing than developed world and it was estimated
that more than 100 million children live and work on the streets in the developing countries.” There are various
reasons for being street children i.e. poverty, over population, illiteracy etc. In this context Narayan Sharma and
Suresh Joshi (2013) have said - “It was found that most of the street children were from joint families and higher
percentage of street children had illiterate parents.” Most of the cases the street children are addicted to drugs
for different causes. Vivek Benegal, Kul Bhushan, Shekhar Seshadri and Mani Karott (1998) have said - “Much of
the drug use is not mindless or necessarily pathological. Relief of boredom or hunger or depression and
frustration, wanting to feel good, to keep awake or get to sleep or to dream may be some of the functions served
by drug use.”

Methodology of the Study

This study is related with field work and survey methods. At first I have selected all division and some district
than I would survey my selected topic. For data collection; I will be randomly selected spots with high
concentration of street children from each location like Shahbagh, High Court premises, Kamlapur railway
stations, Syedabad, Karwanbazar, Gabtoli, Khilgaon, Mohakhaly, Gulshan, Gulistan, and Sadarghat Launch
Terminal.

Sampling & Sample size:

Before the main survey, a quick field visit to the selected study areas will give an idea about the concentration
of street-dwelling children and their characteristics. This also will help to determine the way for approaching
the ultimate study samples. Five enumerators, who will brief about the study and visit the specified areas from
mid-day to mid-night to do a head count and prepare a map with spots indicating different concentrations of
street-dwelling children, From each spot, around 100 respondents will be drawn through repeated visits within
one week. The children who sleep in the same spot for the last one month will be eligible to be included in the
survey. Snow ball technique will be used to identify the respondents. In the sample, attempts will be made to
include all the street children. Thus, a total of 300 street children from 3 spots will be included in the study.

Sources of data: ## Primary Source of data • Questionnaire Survey • Interview • Counseling • Focus Group
Discussion • Observation ## Secondary Source of data • Literature Review • Journals • Newspaper • Website
Data Collection Procedure This study will be based on survey method. Skilled interviewers will be recruited for
data collection. A seven-day intensive training will be given to them which will consist of lectures, mock
interviews, role play, and field practice at the community level. An instruction manual explaining the key terms
in the questionnaire will be developed, and provided to the enumerators as a guide. Three teams of five
members each will be formed. On the day of interview, the team will identify the first respondent according to
the definition of street children and criteria for selection. Secondly, they will apply snow ball technique to
identify further respondents present in the spots for interview. The study will include only those who will be
interested. Verbal consent will be taken before the interview. The field activities will be supervised by the
researchers.

Work Plan

Data Analysis
The data will be analyzed using both descriptive and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)

Budget

The budget spells out research project costs and usually consists of a spreadsheet or table with the budget detaile as line
items and a budget narrative ( also known as a budget justification ) that explains the various expenses. Which are
discussed following :
Limitations of the Study

• The study will be confined to only different specific spots in Dhaka city due to time limitations. • Shortage of relevant
book, journals, magazines. • Inefficient facilities of library relevant research paper on this title. • High Risk to collect
data. • Inadequate legal support.

Anticipated Results

Drugs become horrible things in our societies, increasing crime, spreading and killing our youth and our future. Drug
addiction has grabbed the whole society. It is spreading like mushroom and invading the every level of our society like
home, educational institution and affecting individual of all classes. Drug addiction rapidly decreases the educational,
cultural, moral and family values. The people who take drugs most of them are young and due to taking regular drugs,
they lose their productivity. The addicts lose their professional and educational capabilities, self-dignity, and get involved
in serious or petty criminal activities. The drug addicted youth drops out from the school/college or university education,
service holder loses his job because of irregularities. Drug addicts become involved in various anti-social activities to
earn money and their deviant behavior causes many problems in our daily life and appears as obstacles to our socio-
economic and cultural growth and development. So, it is our moral and social responsibility to rectify the drug addicts
and bring them back from life killing habit and deviant behavior to normal life and rehabilitate them in society as
productive ones.

References

✓ http://www.dnc.gov.bd/ http://www.bbs.gov.bd/
✓ Source:http://www.bdresearchpublications.com/admin/journal/upload/1309104/1309104.pdf
✓ http://www.researchgate.com/samples-of-proposal.php?0125
✓ Source: http://www.dnc.gov.bd/statistics.html Source: Various Articles, newspapers, assignment & others