Literature Review On Substance Abuse

In America, for every fifty one minutes, someone is killed in a tragic drunk driving accident. That almost equates to twenty seven people every single day. Statistics by FBI states that in the year 2011 alone over 1.2 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. Also over 3,952 drivers have been tested positive for drug involvement after they had encountered an accident and escaped with deathly injuries. An even more shocking fact has been put forward by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) which stated that on an average, two in three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.

If antidepressants do not work for the patient there are other clincal trial pills that a patients could also take for mild to moderate depression. The University of Vermont’s Emily Tarleton researched a clinical trial for an over the counter magnesium pill. “Consumption of magnesium chloride for six weeks resulted in a clinically significant improvement in measures of depression and anxiety symptoms” (Nachbur). This treatment relieved the patients symptoms, some as early as two weeks. This pill is a more natural approach if the patient would not like to take the prescribed

Even adults can be reckless for a reason. Either they are drunk, crazy, or just mad at someone. These can all be reasons for teens to be reckless, so why not just ban the use of cars all together? Another reason people may think driving is dangerous is because “More than 5,000 U.S. teens die each year in car crashes. The rate of crashes, fatal and nonfatal, per mile driven for 16-year-old drivers is almost 10 times the rate for drivers ages 30 to 59, according to the National Highway Safety Administration(NHSA).

Almost 32% of accidents happen with intoxicated drivers. Last year 9,878 people died from drunk

Doesn 't this say something about these drunk driving offenders? Being injured by a drunk driver is horrible, but this terrible crime even causes death. In 2012, there were two hundred and twenty-three traffic deaths due to drunk driving. one out of three traffic deaths are due to drunk driving, and every fifty three minutes on average, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2014). Now, were not just talking about injuries, this is death.

Nearly 300,000 injuries are caused and created by texting and driving. Automobile accidents are a major cause of death in America. Driver inattention, which includes the use of cell phones, is the leading cause of traffic accidents of which texting while driving is considered the most dangerous part of using a cell phone. Texting and driving is always a problem people people always die or get injured. 11 teens die every day with the

‘’Guns are responsible for over thirty-three thousand deaths in the United States annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).. In 2014, the CDC reported that 11,008 of the 15,872 homicides committed in the United States that year involved a firearm. Of the 42,826 suicides reported that year, 21,386 involved a firearm. These statistics have inspired efforts at the federal and state levels to enact gun control legislation to reduce crime and violence’’(‘’Gun Control’’). According to the statistic guns are held for over 33,000 deaths in the United States.

The United States of America are leading the world in polls and graphs when it comes to violence and ownership of handguns in the world. More young Americans now die from guns than cars. America owns almost half of the world’s civilian guns approximately 270,000,000 people own guns in the U.S.A which Is around 5 times more than the second country and their homicide from guns are around 3 times more than all the other countries. More than 32,000 people are killed annually in the U.S.A. America is around 6 times more than its peer nations (Canada, Germany, England and Wales). According to USA Today “since 2006, there have been more than 200 mass killings in the United States.The FBI counted 172 cases of mass killings between 2006 and 2011.

Should an individual have their license revoked for a year after receiving a DUI? I believe that their licence should be revoked for a year. No one should ever get behind the wheel after they have been driving! It is estimated that in the state of ohio, more than 10,265 are killed each year as a result of drinking and driving. And last year there were 71,034 injuries resulted from drinking and driving.

On average, 12,000 US citizens get murdered through homocides alone yearly. Not only is this number alarming, but the availability of guns in the United States is dangerous as well. When inmates from several prisons were asked where they obtained guns, they had many mixed answers that can be distressing to the safety of citizens. Overall, the survey showed that 56% of inmates paid for their guns (legally or ilegally), 15% claimed that the gun was a gift, 8% had a trade deal for the gun and 5% claimed that they had stolen the gun. Only 8% of America's 124,000 legal gun dealers have sold guns that have participated in crimes.