The context of first use of illegal drug

This bachelor thesis deals with the context of using illegal drugs, especially during pubescence, adolescence and early adulthood, and focuses on the circumstances of first use of particular illegal drugs. The theoretical part defines an issue of gaining experiences with drugs and its overuse in context of socially pathological phenomenon and in context of psychopathology, mentions various personal and external motivation factors leading to the decision to use a psychoactive substance. In this part, there are described psychoactive effects of frequently abused drugs as well as risk impacts of usage drugs on consumer. This thesis also provides peripheral outline of the present situation in the matter of using drugs in Czech Republic. It also contains reflections about prevention possibilities. The empirical part includes a qualitative research, concerned to a wider context of first experiences with various illegal drugs, to description of these events and their consequences. The research questions are also stated in this part. The essential method, used in this research, is a semi-structured interview, realized with three respondents. The results of research are specified in particular case studies, containing some sequences of the interviews. The answers to research questions come after.