Drug abuse is the habitual use of substances in dangerous amounts or even methods that may bring harm to the user of the substances (World Health Organization, 2009). The substances commonly used are psychoactive substances which can easily lead to a dependency problem by the substance user. Drug abuse is a sociological threat that poses a danger to all people especially the youth. Addiction is possible not only with illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine, but also with prescription drugs such
Drug addiction is a tremendous problem that has been increasing among teenagers and adults. Drug addiction is a brain disease in which the addict becomes dependent on chemical substance that change the functional effects of the brain. Drug addiction can trap many people. Egypt has become on of the most countries that has high percentage of youth addicted to drugs. The youth are experimenting the drugs at early age and some sociologist claim that parents sometimes are bad examples which influence
Abstract Drug abuse is a worldwide problem that affects millions of people (UNODC, 2012), and Maldives is no exception. Drug misuse or abuse refers to the use of a drug for purposes for which it was not intended or using a drug in excessive quantities. This report content knowledge of drugs abuse and addiction, their difference. Data collected from Maldives drug user. Introduction A drug is a chemical substance especially one prescribed by a medical provider that is used in the diagnosis, treatment
44 per cent last year, from 47 per cent in a 2011 survey (Asia One News, 2015, para. 1). The purpose of this report is to give an overview of the issues of problem gambling in Singapore. It will cover the causes of gambling addiction, effects of gambling, and solutions to problem gambling. 2 Causes of gambling Gambling habit, otherwise called compulsive gambling, is a type of impulse-control disorder (Jeanne Segal, Melinda Smith, Lawrence Robinson, 2015). Compulsive gamblers cannot control the drive
1.4. Critical and Creative Analysis of Drug Abuse In effectively critiquing, studying and providing a detailed examination of the elements of drug abuse that result in its causation and reproduction, it is essential to adopt both a critical perspective, as well as the approach of critical theory. This allows us to not only interpret and describe the social world through studied literature, but provides us with a means of critiquing and transforming society as a whole, by determining and putting
Drug abuse as one of the major social issues affecting our societies Introduction The social issues are the problems that we come across in our communities in which some of them are controllable and others affect the lives of the society. Social issues can further defined as a condition that at least some people in community view as being undesirable as it seen as a pattern of behavior that harms some individuals or all people in the society. These social issues are almost unfavorable to our community
Causes and Effects of Drug Abuse Substance abuse is a form of substance-related disorder. It refers to the harmful or hazardous use of substances that affects almost every community, including alcohol, tobacco and legal or illegal drugs. Drug abuse is one of the most commonly substance abuse in teenagers. It is a disease that is defined as a destructive pattern of using drugs that can cause significant problems or distress. The most commonly abused drugs among them are marijuana, cocaine, heroin
study the problem of drug abuse in Malaysia. This report will focus on the following research questions: What are the causes of drug abuse? What are the effects of drug abuse? What are the different drug addiction treatments available? Are the drug addiction treatments effective? 1.2 Background Information According to the article, Drugs and health (2014), drugs have been classified into two categories which are legal drugs and illegal drugs. Legal drugs are drugs that are suitable to
INTRODUCTION Drug addiction is a universal issue with harmful effects on human wellbeing, assets and safety of nations (UNODC, 2010). In AJ&K drug addiction is considered as crime, because drug abuse negatively influence fitness and wellbeing of individuals and also cause depressing psychological impact to their families. Heroine, tobacco and opium are in general the most regularly used drugs among AJ&K youth. These drugs are very popular among youngsters because of their quick and easy availability
Drug misuse is worldwide issue that has to be discussed due to its effects on clinical and societal aspects. It causes a toxicity all over the body. Drug abuse (DA) has severe and well documented societal consequences. The World Health Organization recommends tracking of population trends for effective responses in treatment of drug abuse and give a proper health care.1 One of the most difficult decisions which government policy makers face are drug abuse treatment programs to pay and where to