According to Dictionary drug abuse is an “Compulsive, excessive, and self-damaging use of habit forming drugs or substances, leading to addiction or dependence, serious physiological injury (such as damage to kidneys, liver, heart) and or psychological harm (such as dysfunctional behavior patterns, hallucinations, memory loss), or death. Also called substance abuse”. definition and meaning. (n.d.). At times people may use drugs illegal or legal for various reasons from one person to another. While the person may feel a good sense while on drugs such as the relaxation or high energy, peer pressure has been a major influence on using drugs in the society. Drugs can be induced in one’s body in many ways like through injection, drinking, smoking,
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About 60 percent of Americans are worried about drug use and eventually consider to be a serious problems. In late 19th century in the South there were many white people were scared that cocaine would come out from African Americans who may do crimes or either becomes violent to white people which this was a myth. In general all drugs are very addictive and dangerous because of the danger they cause in one’s body and the social problems that they bring to the community.
Like alcohol has a long history in our country while culture plays a bug role in it. Alcohol when first introduced by Europeans it was known as good drug and this changed in late 19th century as immigration increased and all the opinions which were negative about alcohol started and changed the whole perspective of how people use alcohol which turned to immigrants to be defined with alcohol problems ( Pleck ,1987; Unrau, 1996 …show more content…
Stimulants are mostly used in everyday life in our country. Stimulants includes caffeine, nicotine, Ritalin, Adderall, cocaine, crack and amphetamines. Like consumption of nicotine which can come from smoking cigarettes and it carries the most health risk to people. The research shows that 30 percent of adult’s smokes and the people from the Middle West has a high rate of smoking. According to the World Health Organization (2013), one billion individuals have smoked a cigarettes and 80 percent of these individuals are the middle and low income
About 60 percent of Americans are worried about drug use and eventually consider to be a serious problems. In late 19th century in the South there were many white people were scared that cocaine would come out from African Americans who may do crimes or either becomes violent to white people which this was a myth. In general all drugs are very addictive and dangerous because of the danger they cause in one’s body and the social problems that they bring to the community.
Like alcohol has a long history in our country while culture plays a bug role in it. Alcohol when first introduced by Europeans it was known as good drug and this changed in late 19th century as immigration increased and all the opinions which were negative about alcohol started and changed the whole perspective of how people use alcohol which turned to immigrants to be defined with alcohol problems ( Pleck ,1987; Unrau, 1996 …show more content…
Stimulants are mostly used in everyday life in our country. Stimulants includes caffeine, nicotine, Ritalin, Adderall, cocaine, crack and amphetamines. Like consumption of nicotine which can come from smoking cigarettes and it carries the most health risk to people. The research shows that 30 percent of adult’s smokes and the people from the Middle West has a high rate of smoking. According to the World Health Organization (2013), one billion individuals have smoked a cigarettes and 80 percent of these individuals are the middle and low income