This study aims at identifying the contemporary social and psychological variables such as: the social standard, the family circumstances, education, ecological environment, escaping from problems and tension and feeling inferior, and their relationship with the spread of addiction phenomenon among females in the slums, in addition to identifying the suffering of the habitants in the slums and the stages of falling in addiction. The study uses the descriptive method. Data was collected through personal meeting and a questionnaire. The sample consists of (41) females who live in the slums .Some theories are used such as: The functional theory, which explains that addiction is the failure of the addict to play his role and that addiction is a delinquent behavior that opposes all the common things in the social system. In addition to the theory of social learning, which explains addiction as an educated behavior, resulted from joining a group of addicts . The results indicate a significant relationship between the contemporary social and psychological variables such as: family disintegration, bad friends, the spread of some wrong beliefs about addiction, poverty, escaping from problems and life circumstances and the addiction of women in the slums. Some of the recommendations of the study are: -    The importance of keeping the stability of the family and the good example inside the family as the results show that females are affected with family disintegration more than males. -    The importance of guiding females through media about the consequences of addiction in order not to be easily led through imitating or following a member of the family. -    The importance of studying the slums and including them in the projects of the state.