To what extent does culture influence the decision-making process related to drug use/abuse?

country

gender

age

China

Lebanon

Turkey

Saudi Arabia

male

female

as time go there are people who agree that they are addicts. so the government is trying to educate young people not to use drug.

they say that using drugs is illegal, but for some drugs are illegal.

kids are educated at a young age not to get addicted to drugs.

the high unemployment rate in the country has led to more use of
drugs.

the high unemployment rate in the country has led to more use of
drugs.

According to a 2012 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
drug use and addiction is more prominent among the males in various countries.

Argentina and Brazil males use drugs three times more often than women, and in India and
Pakistan, men use drugs 10 times more often.

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the UN reported that are prone than to use and abuse tranquilizers and sedatives.

the reason why people teach kids that drug abusing is bad for that in future generation there will not be any drug addicts in the street and city very much.

If your friends are doing it, chances are you are too. It’s not a guarantee, but peer pressure can be tough to resist.

Ever promise yourself that you won’t snack on potato chips, but once you see other people eating them, you feel the pull to have one too? It’s the same with drugs—if you’re around people who use them, you may start to feel like everyone is doing it and like it’s no big deal.