Some of the problems regarding drug and alcohol dependency are it can cause addiction, mental problems, relationship problems. Some are prone to suicides and committing crimes. People that are victims of drug and alcohol addiction often time needs professional consultancy or rehabilitation.
Emotional wise: You lose your family, friends, job, career, education, car, money, LIFE.
Health wise: You can go into a coma, you get yellow teeth, diseases from the needle, alcohol poisening. Not to mention heart, liver and kidney failures! and MUCH MORE! Don't start! Because then, you won't be able to stop.
It depends what you constitute as abuse. Some people can use drugs and alcohol with no negative social impact. However, there are some people who have no self control and ruin themselves using drugs.
Drug abuse causes multiple problems for countries and communities. The medical and psychological effects are very obvious. Addicts cannot function as normal members of society. They neglect or abuse their families, and eventually require expensive treatment or hospitalization. The second effect is on crime. Huge police resources are needed to fight smuggling and dealing. Criminal gangs and mafia underworlds develop with the money from drugs.
they get addicted and die or have a disease the way they get addicted is someone asks them if they want some but then the get addicted to it and sooner or later they'll die or get sick duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
It destroys lives, families, and costs billions of dollars a year.
lung problems, brain damage, and muscle damage
Alcohol is a drug, and drinking alcoholic beverages in excess is a form of substance abuse.
Drug and alcohol abuse happen wherever significant numbers of human beings are exposed to drugs and alcohol.
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Alcohol and drug abuse are individual problems (that is, are caused by individuals) because it is the individual who chooses to use or to abuse these substances.
There are many recreation activities that can help in preventing drug and alcohol abuse. Sports are one recreation that help prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Other creative methods like art and music can also help.
People can recover from drug and alcohol abuse by acknowledging they have a problem, going to rehabilitation centers, and being supported by family members and friends.
People with drug or alcohol dependencies are also at increased risk of malnutrition.
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The National Alcohol Drug Abuse Info - Center is a place where you can go to learn more about Alcohol abuse and/or how to stop or prevent it. There is a number you can call by looking it up on Google or the phonebook if you have one in your area. Good luck and I hope this helps =]
http://www.alcoholscreening.org/
as young as ten years old