Effects of Drug Abuse In Community
Drug abuse is often accompanied by a devastating social impact upon community life. The present BLOG focuses on the adverse effect of drug abuse on the community as well as on its contribution to violence, crime, financial problems, housing problems, homelessness, and vagrancy. Reasons for Drug Abuse 1. To be accepted by the peers 2. Increasing economic stress 3. Changing cultural values 4. Experimentation 5. Neurotic pleasure 6. Ineffective Policing The 8 different types of substance abuse in INDIA are listed below. 1. Alcohol 2. Cannabis 3. Opioids 4. Sedatives 5. Inhalants 6. Cocaine 7. Amphetamine Stimulants 8. Hallucinogens As per the Magnitude of Substance Abuse in India 2019 report 1. 72 lakhs people need treatment for using Cannabis 2. 11 lakhs people need treatment for using sedatives 3. 60 lakhs people need...