Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the social 
factors affecting addiction and to provide a sociological analysis of drug 
addiction and finally to investigate the effect of addiction on social health.
Materials and methods: The method used in this research is a survey 
method and due to the comparative nature of the research, it is of a 
comparative causal type. In order to achieve the goal of the research, first, 
a questionnaire including the measurement of personal characteristics, the 
level of religiosity, the level of feeling of anomie, the level of connection 
with society, economic and social base, family opportunities and the level 
of communication with delinquent friends, as variables affecting addiction. 
And it was completed through interviews with 63 drug users who visited 
the clinic and 89 students of Payam Noor Gonbad (non-users). Then, 
relying on the research done on social health in Iran and identifying its 
components, an analysis of the impact of addiction on social health was 
tried. Sampling method of full coverage consumer group and nonconsumer group sample is available.
Findings: According to the results, 70% of drug users are between 20 and 
25 years old. 80% of users have accepted the suggestion of drug use from 
their friends and 86.5% of non-users believe that users should be avoided. 
Also, the results of the t test showed that there is a statistically significant 
difference between consumers and non-consumers in terms of the 
investigated variables. Also, the logistic regression analysis, which reveals 
the contribution of each variable in the explanation of the dependent 
variable, showed that according to the socio-economic base variable, the 
amount of communication with delinquent friends and the amount of 
feeling of anomie had the largest contribution in the explanation of the 
dependent variable.
Conclusion: Examining the concept of social health and its components 
also showed that the problem of addiction actually challenges various 
components of social health such as the absence of poverty, absence of 
violence, social justice, social security, life satisfaction, social 
participation, social cohesion and social acceptance. confronts in such a 
way that it is possible to improve the status and index of social health in 
the society by solving the problem of addiction as a problem.