Substance Use & Society

Substance Use & Society

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Question 1: Drugs have been used for Centuries. What is new is that we’ve defined and
redefined it as social, cultural, political and economic conditions have prevailed and changed.
Explore this statement with reference to drug trends and meanings within a sociocultural
context. ........................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The word substance use is delineated to usage of alcohol or drugs that comprises
substances such as prescription drugs, solvents, cigarettes and inhalants. Within a society, there
are many people that uses substances related to prescription medications, caffeine and so on over
course of lifetime. It becomes an issue at the time when it initiates to have adverse effects on
individual's life (LeTendre and Reed, 2017). All substances affect the human body and brain.
Moreover, there are various substances which have higher risk addition to more dangerous
impacts. It can often lead to addition among individual, small group and hence forth. Health
practitioners and professionals considers use of substance as crossing a line in substance abuse
when its repeated usage creates significant impairments including impaired control, disabilities,
social issues, failure in meeting responsibilities and many more. Maintaining positive
anticipation about effect of substance use enhances risk of relapses that increases responsibilities
of rehab and health system for recognising as well as exchanging information related to
consequences of continued substance use.
The essay explains a statement that is Drugs have been used for Centuries. What is new is
re definition of it as political, social, economic and cultural conditions have prevailed along with
change. It is explained in context to drug trends together with meanings in context to social
culture.
MAIN BODY
Question 1: Drugs have been used for Centuries. What is new is that we’ve defined and
redefined it as social, cultural, political and economic conditions have prevailed and
changed. Explore this statement with reference to drug trends and meanings within a
sociocultural context.
Drug is described to a substance which interacts with proteins in human body for
affecting physiological function. In other words, drug is said to a substance that have capacity for
changing mental as well as physical state of an individual (Benz, Reed and Bishop, 2019). It
generally affects the aspects on which brain work and the ways a person feel, understand, behave
and respond. It makes them unpredictable together with loss of senses. Moreover, drugs directly
affect to central nervous system together with alter mood, thinking together with behaviour of a
person. These are categorised into various elements named as depressants, hallucinogens,
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