The solution is human development and the topic is drug abuse

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Drugs and Substance Abuse

Dominique Scott

Professor Holly Sprinkle

Strayer University

Introduction

The term drug and substance abuse refer to the tendency some people to misuse some drugs. It is also the tendency of the individuals to use drugs for the purposes that they are not recommended. Some people also take the drugs just out of pleasure or even to please themselves. Drugs and substance abuse are so prevalent in the contemporary society. It has led to several problems from social to economic. This is the main reason why the society should find out the different ways of solving the problem through community-based mechanisms. Over time, different reasons have been given with the aim of trying to explain the real causes of drugs and substance abuse. These causes are have been seen to be the same from time to time and in different generations. The main goal of this paper is to look at the different causes of drugs and substance abuse and also to recommend some of the possible solutions that can be adopted to counter this problem.

Some of the primary reasons that have been seen to be the causes of drug and substance abuse can be categorized into different categories such as psychological, the environmental and the genetic causes.

The environmental causes

There are many causes of drug and substance abuse that can be attributed to the environment. The environment on this instance refers to the surrounding of human beings (Moe 2001). They can refer to the places or even the people who are living in those different places. The environment of particular persons can contribute much to drug and substance addiction (Moe 2001).

In those environments where there is a free flow of the drugs in the streets and among different markets where there are no regulations, there is a high probability of the drugs being abused by the different people. There are also some children who have grown up in homes where their parents are addicts and as a result, the come to the homes with different drugs. They also play a major role in exposing the children to the drugs at tender ages. This increases their chances of abusing the drugs. These parents also lack ways of taming and preventing their children from taking drugs.

The other issue that can be recognized to be the cause of addiction and the use of different drugs include lack of proper education on the drugs and substance abuse by the educational institutions. The curriculum mentions little about the issue of the drug and substance abuse. There are most cases of drug abuse starts during the adolescence stage (Moosa & Edelfield 2011). This is associated with the peer pressure that affects most of these teenagers. There are also situations when the parents are not strongly monitoring them. The teenagers are usually people who try to experiment with the different drugs it is that experimentation that makes them get addicted later on to the drugs in future.

The psychological causes

There are several psychological causes of drug and substance abuse within the community. Some of them include the following: stem from trauma. This happens in the cases especially when the victims are young. Some of the found cause of this stress includes abuse or even exposure to some sexual harassment. These harassments make them become traumatized in a manner that is likely to lead the to get involved in abusing drugs. There are some children who also develop the stress as a result of living in homes which have many chaoses. These chaoses are seen as the major contributors to their stress. The stress will subsequently make them look for a self-medicate (Lowinson 2005). In the process, many of them get involved in abusing of the drugs as they look for ways to try and decrease the pain that they are going through. In the process of trying to find self Medicare, develop a lot of addiction and also find it difficult to leave the use of the drugs and substances. There are other people who admitted that they find it difficult to connect with friends. They hence use the drugs so that they can be accepted by their different friends. Some people also blamed drugs and substance abuse and addiction to the inability to cope with the poor performance that is exhibited at work or also in the schools.

The genetic causes of drug addiction

There are also some addictions which are seen to be running in the family. The genes might have a greater role in causing addiction. It, however, involves different multiple genes.

Recommendation on how to handle the issue

The following are some of the recommendations that are can help the community in handling the problem: The government should include a subject that deals with the issues of drug and substance abuse in the curriculum. It should provide education to children on the drugs and the impacts of abusing those drugs. This is a major step that is likely to contribute to a much extent in the elimination of the problems in an early state. The schools should also have a functioning guidance and counseling departments (Moe 2001). These departments are vital since they will be responsible for sporting and handling the different groups of students who come from families which are very abusive. These children can be taken through the counseling processing and as a result, there can be a reduction in the chances of them being exposed to different drugs and substances.

Conclusion

Drug and substance abuse is one of the major problems that have existed in the community for a long period. It is, therefore, appropriate for the society to adopt the recommendations so as to help in curbing the problem.

Reference

Lowinson J (2005) Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook Lippincott Williams &

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Moosa T & Edenfield B (2011) Drug Abuse The Rosen Publishing Group

Moe B (2001)Drug Abuse Relapse: Helping Teens to Get Clean Again. The Rosen Publishing Group, 1