research on addiction

Objective: One of the main tasks of education is to increase students' knowledge about the dangers of drug addiction. The present study seeks to investigate the content of drug addiction in book of Social Studies. Method: A mixed method was used in this study to identify the components of drug addiction via descriptive analysis and then to evaluate and analyze the social studies curriculum through content analysis. The content of the book of Social Studies in the eighth grade of junior high school published in 2014 was the statistical population of this study and the sampling was done in a purposive method. The Inventory of Textbook Content Analysis, Inventory of Activity Analysis, Worksheets, and Inventory of Picture Analysis Drafts were used as data collection tools. Following the study of theoretical foundations and legal framework, the proposal was developed and its validity was determined by Educational Sciences experts and other relevant experts. This book consists of 12 chapters and 190 pages and was analyzed based on the analysis unit of sentence. The sentences in the textbook, the text of activities, and also the images in the course books constituted the analysis units. Results: In total, 18%, 28%, 17%, and 36% of the content in Social Studies curriculum of the eighth grade pertain to concepts related to drugs, the variety of injuries, causes of tendency to drug use, and methods of drug use prevention, respectively. Conclusion: According to the results, less attention has been paid to the causes of tendency to use drug and the variety of narcotic drugs in this textbook and, thereby, it needs to be given more attention.