Social and Psychological aspects of Drug Abuse

Social and Psychological Aspects of Drug Abuse

June 25 , 2006

Abstract

Our society lived in a time where economic development , scientific and technological advancement dominates the different social sectors resulting to a paradigm shift of family concepts , health related issues social menace , and deterioration of the basic unit of society - the family . The opening of bs for free trade and scientific and technological advancements ' exploitation of family foundations ' erosion are the factors that affect the rise of drug abuse

The Drug Abuse 's two fold aspects : sociological and psychological

Family 's stability--basic unit of society-- , environment and expectations are values -- important to children - as they shape attitudes , values and their behaviors in their relationship to their peers and to society as stressors . If families fail to shape these values children will be influenced by his peers or society that led to alcohol or drug abuse . In 1977 , The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA ) revealed that several studies showed abnormal EEG 's results as well as psychological tests among drug users suggesting a poor memory and concentration , underdeveloped motor skills and disorientation . Also in Press Done (1967 in NIDA 's Research Monograph 15 , 1977 ) a third of their subjects who are drug users had the propensity to commit a crime because of serious judgment deficit they posses at the time and at the same time the misperception on what is real

Finally , the government should use its resources in helping those citizens who are already hooked to drug use by providing funds for rehabilitation and re-introduction of these people in the mainstream of society

Sociological and Psychological Aspects of Drug Abuse

Introduction

Our society lived in a time where economic development , scientific advancement and technological superiority dominates its different sectors resulting to paradigm shift of family concepts , health related issues , social menace , and deterioration of its basic unit - the family New development and new technologies bombards family in greater degree that its basic foundations are already eroded before it can respond

The opening of bs for free trade and scientific and technological advancements ' exploitation as well as the family foundations ' erosion is affecting the rise of drug abuse in our midst . The growing numbers of drug users if left unchecked may bring many governmental problems relating to health and sociological stability , a hindrance for having a vibrant and strong economy . Government cannot just simply ignore its effects while it erodes its socio-economic fundamentals as well as its decay if its people which is all important for having a stable state is ignored

Marsha Lillie-Blanton (1998 ) in a report for US Congress defined drug abuse as the level of pattern of drug consumption and the severity and persistence of resulting functional problems

It is when a person commits legal or an even interpersonal infraction in society , that a person is tested for drug use . Lillie-Blanton 's (1998 report states that scientific community are in agreement regarding the chemical as well as physical changes in brain as a result of drug...