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A large number of the street children in Dhaka city are addicted to drugs. Various socioeconomic factors contribute to drug usage among street children. Drug abuse directly influences the physical and socio-behaviourial problem of children and affects the economic and social aspects of a society as well as a country. This paper examines whether there is any relation between social bonding and drug addiction. The role of the state and society are also analyzed. In this paper primary data are collected by interview with a semi-structured questionnaire. Secondary sources are UN publications, Government documents and reports, review of newspaper reports as well as related books and journal articles. This paper progresses with content analysis through contemporary literature review analysis and finally conclusion. Role of social bonding in controlling of drug abuse and reason of drug addiction are also discussed here in the light of interview. This paper also argues that about 53 percent street children of Dhaka city are addicted to drugs as they are separated from family and social bondage. This asserts that, the children separated from social bondage are vulnerable to drug addiction than the children who are in social bondage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Various socioeconomic factors contributed to the conditions favorable to spread of drug use among the children. When children have been exposed to chaotic parental neglect or abuse, they may have a range of physical and socio-behavioural problems along with drug addiction. This paper examines whether the unattended children in the Agargaon and Adabor slum areas of Dhaka city are vulnerable to drug addiction than the cared children. Moreover, the reasons of children's drugs addiction, characteristics of the addiction, its relation with the state and its role in the society are also analyzed. In this paper, the approach of parental or family care toward children is discussed through arguments by content analysis and by analyzing the primary data. The roles of the society and state are also analyzed. Primary data are collected through interview with a semi-structured questionnaire. Secondary sources are government documents and reports, court orders, review of newspaper reports as well as related books and journal articles. The paper shows that there are some other reasons which may influence the children to take drugs: Family Type, childhood care, Sources of money for drug purchase, Age in which started taking drug. However, a negative correlation exists between parental supervision and regular drug taking. This paper shows that, children's drug addiction increases if parental supervision decreases. Above all, it can be concluded that, unattended or unsupervised (by parents) children are more vulnerable to drug addiction than cared children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]