·························································································································································································· 94 J. Biol. Today's World. 2014 Apr; 3 (4): 94-99 ISSN 2322-3308 http://www.journalbio.com Received: 28 February 2014 • Accepted: 27 March 2014 Research Drug abuse Pattern and Frequency of High Risk Be- haviors the Clients to Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers Abolhasan Afkar 1 , Fardin Mehrabian 2 , Said Omidi-Khalky 3* , Mohammad Mahboubi 4 1 Ph.D. Management of Health and Cure Services, social determinants of health research center (SDHRC), Guilan University of Medical Scienc- es, Rasht, Iran 2 Department of Health Education and promotion, Assistant Professor, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran 3 Director of Department of Health Education and promotion, Member of Scientific Board, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Scienc- es, Rasht, Iran 4 Ph.D. in Health Services Administration, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran *correspondence should be addressed to Said Omidi-Khalky, Director of Department of Health Education and promotion, Member of Scientific Board, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sci-ences, Rasht, Iran; Tell: +989111367823; Fax: +98; Email: s-omidi2000@yahoo.com . ABSTRACT Today, the issue of addiction to narcotics or drug abuse has evolved into a global and universal problem. This study was performed with the goal of determining of the drug abuse pattern and high risk behaviors among the clients to DIC of Private sector of Rasht. This is a cross-sectional study in 2013.The questionnaire contained 10 general questions about demographic characteristics and 30 specific questions about drug abuse and high-risk behaviors. This questionnaire was completed via interviewing the addicts. The reliability of the questionnaire was checked using Cronbach's alpha (α=0.86). SPSS software was used to analyze the results and, descriptive statistics such as frequency tables and inferential statistics including the chi-square test were used. The average age of patients was 38.8. Opium and crack were the most widely used narcotic among subjects, respectively before referring to DIC centers. In addition, 9.8% of them had a history of using injectable drugs, among which 20.6% had used shared needle for injection. 80.9% had experienced sexual inter- course, among which 48.4% were unmarried. There was a significant statistical relationship between men and women (p=0.001). There was a significant statistical relationship between running away from home and the consumption of narcotics (p=0.002). Results also indi- cated that committing suicide had a positive significant relationship with the variations of age (p=0.001), the age of smoking onset (p=0.002) and method of use (p=0.003).This study knows the following items as the main high-risk behaviors of addicts: taking narcotics by injection, using common syringe and needle, blood playing background, imprisonment background, making homosexual intercourses, suicide, and using no condom during sexual intercourse. Key words: Drug abuse, High Risk Behaviors, Addiction Treatment Copyright © 2014 Abolhasan Afkar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. 1. INTRODUCTION rom the beginning of life, human has used narcotics to relieve his pains or at least to mitigate them (1). Today, the issue of addiction to narcotics or drug abuse has evolved into a global and universal problem. Statis- tical reports published by international organizations, especial- ly WHO, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) and UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cul- tural Organization), suggest that drug abuse is increasing glob- ally (2). Addiction is an internal behavioral syndrome accom- F