Essay on Substance Abuse
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Running head: SUBSTANCE ABUSESubstance AbuseName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1SUBSTANCE ABUSEThe problem of addiction is one of the major problems faced by the humans in themodern society. The constantly rising amount of the people getting addicted to a number ofsubstances is because of a number of causes. The individual needs to understand the differencebetween the ‘use and abuse’ of the substance before relating to the issue. The use is theterminology used when an individual uses a substance for personal use and recreation(Rhemtulla et al., 2016). The use becomes abuse of the substance when the person is tooaddicted to it continue their daily routine. The reasons for addiction in the contemporary societyare numerous. In this essay the substance abuse or the addiction issue is analyzed as a socialissue rather than a health problem. To substantiate the claim the various sociological factors areanalyzed along with their effect on the different people pushing them into substance abuse. In thethis context a number of social factors like peer pressure and family, economic factors likepoverty and environmental factors like availability are analyzed. The substance abuse of anyproduct is harmful for the human body.Figure 1: the chart of causes of adduction in society.(Source: druguse.gov.nih)
2SUBSTANCE ABUSEThe family and peers play an important role in the nurturing of the individual, helping intheir cognitive development and shaping their social habits. The dependency of a substance startsas a recreation in most cases and the person gradually becomes to addict of the emotional orpsychological emotions that is aggravated by the substance and starts abusing it. The abuse of thesubstance is often caused by a number of reasons such as the family history of the individual. Itis often seen that the children of the families who have a background of substance abuse have atendency of substance abuse (Cook et al., 2017). It is not a general problem in the society or thedisease in the user, just the social issue that forces them to turn into substance abusers. One ofthe major issues seen in the families in the society among the people suffering from substanceabuse is the family troubles they go through. The individuals belonging to broken families or inthe families where there are constant issues in the house tend to have a greater affinity towardssubstance abuse. The family issues may also lead to substance abuse in a number of situationssuch as the pressure of providing for the family and the problems the individual is facing insustenance of family life. The effect of peers on an individual is a major situation often leadingto substance abuse among a large number of individuals. It is a general trend that the individualsacquire the habit of substance abuse from their peers (Jalilian et al., 2015). The effect of thesociety is also a major influence, which may lead to substance abuse. The substance abuse mayalso be result of the peer pressure that the individual faces in the society. the peer pressure is notonly due to the peers using the substance but the frequency of the use of the substance alsodepends on the peer pressure that the individual faces in the society. it can be therefore seen thatthe habit is not hereditary but the dependence starts as an acquired taste and gradually becomes ahabit. The overall situation in this scenario shows that the substance abuse starts as arecreational or escapist habit but takes the form of a substance abuse.
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