Pune : A Survey report titled \u2018Perception and patterns of substance consumption among Pune city youth\u2019 was published at a function organized at Lady Ramabai Hall, S.P College today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri. Vikram Kumar (IAS), Pune Municipal Commissioner, Smt. Mukta Puntambekar, Director Muktangan Rehabilitation Centre, Adv. S. K. Jain \u2013 Chairman Managing Council S. P. Mandali, Shri. Shrikrishna Chitale, Vice Chairman, Managing Council S. P. Mandali, Ashok Vaze – Chairman, College Development Committee, Managing Council Members Shri. Satish Pawar, Shri. Jayant Kirad, Prof. Dr. Sunil Gaikwad (Incharge) Principal, Shri. Pranav Pawar, Shri. Shreerang Kulkarni – Director(Operations), SPM, Dr. Sanjyot Apate – Coordinator were present on the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The survey commissioned by Sir Parshurambhau College was carried out by a team of 60 volunteers of NSS with support from Pranav Pawar founder \u2018PR and Solutions\u2019 as Knowledge partner . They collected data from 1198 youth across the city in the age group of 18-25 years. Respondents included 442 females and 743 males .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri. Vikram Kumar said that this is a very sensitive issue. Drugs, use of alcohol and cigarettes amongst youngsters is growing rapidly. The habits and addiction is not only restricted to youth of legal age but also amongst those who are underage. There is a need to find out the reason why youth are getting attracted to such habits and addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smt. Mukta Puntambekar, Director Muktangan Rehabilitation Centre, said that this is an important subject. Relating this survey to what is observed amongst the people coming for de-addiction at Muktangan, she said that the average age group of people with addiction is getting younger. A lot of youngsters today think that they can get rid of stress, depression and enjoy. By the time they realize that these are misconceptions, they already become addicted. The other addiction in today\u2019s times which should be talked about is behavioral addictions which includes internet, internet pornography, gaming, online habits etc . These topics should be included in the next survey. The next step should be an action plan which should be creating awareness about the ill effects of these addictions .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his welcome address Shri. Ashok Vaze – Chairman, College Development Committee at S. P. College, expressed it is worrisome to hear and read media reports about drugs and substance abuse amongst the youth. The issue is not limited to any college but our youth as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adv. S. K. Jain said that there needs to be more awareness amongst the youth about the ill effects of addiction not only on the individual but also their families. The awareness should start from school days itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri. Pranav Pawar, founder PR and Solutions, this is an issue amongst youth irrespective of their socio-economic background. Therefore a survey was necessary and best way was to engage youth of the same age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presenting the survey Prof. Dr. Pradnya Kulkarni , faculty at psychology department,who analysed the data informed that the rapid increase in habits and addiction amongst youth is reflected in the survey as well as a lot of media reports that we read regularly. Last two years of Covid which intensified mental health issues like uncertainty, anxiety, loneliness, depression which is fueling addiction. Taking this background into consideration the survey tried to find out the perception of youth towards addiction, amount of habits and addiction amongst the youth, the reasons behind it and socio-economic factors that may be responsible for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the highlights of the survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 63% sample do not perceive smoking or drinking as bad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 51% of the participants feel no harm in drinking and smoking on social occasions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 49% agrees that Drinking is acceptable until we do not create a nuisance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 50% agrees that Drinking is not bad; excessive drinking is bad.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 63% sample do not perceive smoking or drinking as bad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 45% agrees that to enjoy life one should party hard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the positive side<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 64% (n=766), do not agree that if one can afford, there is no harm in drinking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 78% of youngsters agree that Drinking lead to health and social issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Only 17% consider drinking as a status symbol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The majority of the sample that is 78% (n=931), does not agree that if parents drink, then drinking is desirable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 43% respondents felt the need to get rid of consumption patterns <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Respondents cited reasons like celebrating social events, reducing stress, enjoyment, enjoyment, relaxation, peer pressure, boosting self-confidence etc as major reasons for their habits. While those respondents who have stayed away from these habits cited keeping healthy, trying to be a good person, family culture and values and being energetic naturally as the reasons for staying away from these habits. Males were more susceptible towards these habits, however the gap between males and females is lower. The habits seem to be more prevalent amongst higher middle class than middle class and lower income groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a positive note many youngsters said that they want to get rid of their habits and therefore it is important to come out with solutions and support them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pune : A Survey report titled \u2018Perception and patterns of substance consumption among Pune city youth\u2019 was published at a function organized at Lady Ramabai Hall, S.P College today. Shri. Vikram Kumar (IAS), Pune Municipal Commissioner, Smt. Mukta Puntambekar, Director Muktangan Rehabilitation Centre, Adv. S. K. Jain \u2013 Chairman Managing Council S. P. Mandali, Shri. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7092,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions\/7092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}