Understanding Social Problems Drug Use

Question: Describe about the Understanding Social Problems for Drug Use and Abuse? Answer: Usage of drug is one of the most important issues in the society, especially in the US. The usage of drug in the United States have risen to such an extent that it has been found that over 20 million people are obsessed with drug in the country. The world health organization has found that the citizens in the United States use the highest amount of cocaine, which are followed by New Zealand. When on one hand, In United States 16% of the citizens use drug, on the other hand, New Zealand accounts for 4% of the citizens who use drug (Abadinsky Abadinsky, 2008). However, the consequences of drug not only affect the society but also affect the human beings who are steeped into drug. The most dangerous way the use of drug can affect a human being is physically. The excess use of drug not only break downs the nervous system, it also create other physical complications in a person. Once a person loss the ability to think properly and make the right decision, it not only affects the future of the person but also affects the people with whom individual are coming in contact to. The family of the person is the ones who are affected immediately and gradually it moves on to the society. The society is affected when the use of drug affects the teenagers in the society. In one of the survey carried out for 30 days it has been seen that 38.7% of the students took alcohol at last one day in the entire duration of those 30days, 21.9% of the students took more than five drinks of alcohol in a row in at least in one day in those 30days (Faggiano et al., 2013). Other forms of drug like marijuana, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy are being used either in regular basis or at least in one day on those 30 days. Thus, observed that the use of alcohol or other addictive products come into the life of the individuals since when they are individuals (Nelson, 2011). As observed that the teenage pave the way for the use of alcohol making the individuals, hence, it is better that the prevention starts from the teen age itself (Maisto, Galizio Connors, 2011). When a teenager starts using alcohol, the person is not sure about the consequence of using alcohol or other addictive drugs. If the teenagers could know about the consequences of alcohol and the effect of it on physically as well as mentally, might stop the teenagers from indulging in use of drugs. The use of drug eventually contributed in the sexual assaults among the teenagers. The authors carried out a campus study, where the rates of sexual assault are measured for every 1000 female students who are staying in the hostels. In addition to this, the study determined the data that are collected from the US news and the world report. The study found out that the rate of assault due to the intake of alcohol within the college campus has increased by 3.1 to 4.4 times than the colleges where the use of alcohol has been restricted (Richardson Shields, 2015). The study compared the permissive and restricted colleges. The permissive colleges are categorized the ones where the use of alcohol is permitted, while the restrictive colleges are those where the use of use of alcohol is restricted. The number of reports by the female students is 65-100 more than the reports that have been submitted by the female students in the restricted colleges. The study showed that the use of alcohol h ugely contributes to the sexual assaults among the teenagers and especially among the college goers. According to the study in the year, 2009 it has been reported that many colleges do not report the issues of sexual report. This is a serious issue, as very report of sexual assault should be reported so that government can take strict actions against the people who are indulging in such activities. The assault again show that the intake of drug could be stopped when the teenagers are kept away from it, or else the consequences will be dangerous. One of the interventions that have been introduced by Nozu and his colleagues in Japan is the social influence program (Sharma, 2016). The program aims at stopping the teenagers who submit to the use of drugs and other addictive items. The program is carried out wither by a teacher, a civil servant or a pharmacist who indulge in role plays to make the youth understand the ill-effects of using drugs and alcohol. The program was evaluated based on a quasi experimental design. The experiment revealed that the knowledge about drug abuse increased the use of drug and the practice lasted for 15 months. However, Nozu and colleagues identified a group and carried out the experiment. The experiment revealed that once the teenagers got the social support and they came to know about the ill effects of drug, and gradually the perception about drug usage changes as far the experimental group is concerned (Cheney, 1993). One of the drawbacks of the program was that, the group after gaining the kno wledge in the experimental period resisted from using the drugs for the next three months. However, hey again started using drugs, may be in small amounts after the three months. Hence, it can be said that the program should be carried out at regular basis so that the students retain the ill effects and stay away from the drugs (Merino, 2011). Thus, it can be said that once an individual submits to drug, it affects not only the physical and the mental health of the person, but also affects the society and the people with whom the person is living with. Drug will affect the persons work and eventually the family. However, it has been seen that the teen age is the time when individuals submit to the use of drugs, hence it can be said that teen age is the time when the individuals should be stopped from using the drugs. A number of strategies have been suggested like various programs where the consequences of the drug usage will be shown so that the individuals stay away from drugs. References Abadinsky, H., Abadinsky, H. (2008). Drug Use And Abuse. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth. Cheney, G. (1993). Drugs, teens, and recovery. Hillside, NJ, U.S.A.: Enslow Publishers Faggiano, F., Lemma, P., Borraccino, A., Angius, P., Ippolito, R., Versino, E. (2013). School-based prevention for illicit drugs' use.Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd003020 Maisto, S., Galizio, M., Connors, G. (2011).Drug use and abuse. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Merino, N. (2011).Drug legalization. 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