Drug Abuse In Dominica

Drug Abuse can be caused by Environmental factors such as the area or community in which the user grew up. Communities that consists of drug dealers, a lot of violent and crime are the areas more prone to people who use drugs. These areas are usually populated and contain more of the poor people. The children grow up in families that expose them to drugs at a very young age until they become curious and feel the need to try it out too. Some of them spend most of their time on the streets and so they get involved in the everyday use of drugs. However growing up in these conditions also give reason to the poor to engage in drug trafficking. Most times the parents of the children in these communities can’t afford to send them to school so they

An individual can live a normal happy life until one day they fall sick and they are told they have cancer or any other serious illness. This can have a very emotional and mental impact not only on the individual but close relatives and loved ones of that person causing sadness, depression and even stress. In this event talking might only make things worst and persons will turn to illegal drugs for comfort usually marijuana which is specialized in relaxing the mind and giving a mellow and light headed feeling relieving all stress and worries from the

This was mainly due to the passing of tropical storm Erica however, the economy was still slow before as the country is doing much more importing than exporting thus already causing a decline in the Gross Domestic product. Because of the past and recent economic crisis a lot of the young people particularly those unemployed felt like the only option they have is turning to drugs and engaging in drug trafficking. “Things are really hard in the country and we cannot just sit and starve, we have to do something for our families and yet still we are punished for trying. I am not a criminal I don’t want to die in poverty when I can do something about it.” (Anonymous). He does not understand why people who engage in drug trafficking are referred to as criminals, his reasons were to obtain money to feed his family, to have a better standard of living, to be independent and to bring in money to be circulated in Dominica. Anonymous also stated that “drug money could help boost the economy”. Another drug dealer made the following statement “There will always be smugglers since there’s a high demand for drugs, every ghetto youth wants a better life. Is not everyone parents who can afford to send them to college and