People's Participation in Solving Drug Problems in Narathiwat Province

Abstract

This survey research was to study people's participation in solving drug problems in Narathiwat province classified by gender, age, occupation, education level, monthly income, length of staying in the village and position from 286 citizens and community leaders in Narathiwat province. Data were collected by questionnaire with its Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient = .878, and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way ANOVA with testing a pairwise difference performed by Scheffe method.

          The results found that: 1) people's participation in solving drug problems in Narathiwat province as a whole was at a moderate level (M = 2.90, SD = 0.94); and 2) the difference of participants’ occupation, monthly income and position had significant difference for participating in solving drug problems in Narathiwat province (p-value <0.05), while gender, age, education level and length of staying in the community had no significant difference.

          It could be suggested that community leaders, the people who have high income and the people who run their own business should be encouraged to participate in solving drug problems linked to decision making, implementing, receiving benefits and evaluation to be trusted and faith in increasing and sustaining drug problem solving.