Irish drug abusers I : Their social backgrounds.

That drug abuse in Ireland is a problem which demands our
concern is highlighted by the reports of the Government
Working Party (1971), the Churches Working Party (1972)
and the Committee on Drug Education (1974). This paper is
the first in a series of three which addresses itself to the
problem. These three papers are based on a study of a cohort
of Irish drug abusers. This, the first paper in the series,
focuses on the social background of the subjects. The second
paper will deal with their psychological characteristics. In
the third paper a psycho-social typology of drug abusers will
be presented.