Drug abuse often indicate patterns. In the book, Social Problems, there are several graphs depicting trends among individuals who use drugs. The first table shows the percentage of those who have ever used drugs and if the individual has used the drug in the past month (Kornblum and Seccombe, 2017). Alcohol, 66% and Marijuana, 44% are at the top of the list of those who have ever tried the drug; whereas, Heroin, 1%, Steroids and Methamphetamine, 2% were at the bottom of the list (Kornblum and Seccombe, 2017). The next graph shows the trends of individuals who use illegal drugs in 8th, 10th, and 12th grade.…