What are the social problems associated with substance abuse?
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Hmm from a personal experience of living with someone with substance abuse this is what i've observed:\npoor communication skills, obsessive thoughts of getting high, depression which is a prob all in itself, stealing, mistrust, it goes on and on. Mood swings,....
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Stress....poor diet....stimulants and other drugs/vitamins/protein shakes/workout or diet drinks including sodas...alcoholism....steroids... not enough sleep...etc etc etc
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I don't know about the disadvantages. As far as advantages it would be a lot cheaper and more constructive if corrections was truly corrections. If we could get people off drugs and back into leading productive lives, we'd be a lot better off. Of course, the client has to want to be clean and sober enough to do things on their own after release..
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Try this website:\n\nhttp://alcoholism.about.com/od/homework/
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Drug or Alcoholic use on school foundation and or grounds.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS WILL SPEAK TO THE CLIENT ABOUT HIS/HER FAMILY LIFE.. OR ANY ABUSE THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED..THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT LEAD ONE TO ABUSE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.. FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY AND HOPELESSNESS.. LACK OF SELF ESTEEM..TO NAME A FEW..LOSS GRIEF.. THE INABILITY TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF STRESSORS CAN LEAD TO AN ADDICTION.. DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK ABOUT THE JOB THAT PEOPLE DO ... IT IS A GREAT PROFESSION TO GET INTO.. YOU COULD TAKE A COURSE ON ADDICTION.. AND MAYBE GET A BETTER IDEA ABOUT HOW THE DISEASE OF ALCOHOLISM OR DRUG ADDICTION REALLY WORKS... IT IS A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.. AND YOU WOULD GET SOME SATISFACTION OUT OF BEING IN THIS FIELD... BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE WHO ENDS UP GETTING THROUGH TO HIM OR HER AND THEY JUST MIGHT BE ABLE TO TURN THEIR LIFE AROUND... AND NOT WANT TO DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH!!!
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An addiction that becomes the main thing in your life is the most important effect. Malnutrition since you have no enthusiasm for eating. STDs if you sell your body to get money for the drugs.\n\nThere are more but that is a start on what the problems are.
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the same reason others drink,use drugs or abuse others.a flaw in their make up
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Anorexia Nervosa, Bullemia, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Staying in Abusive relationships etc.
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Drug addicts and alcoholics suffer from a disease. This disease usually results in consequences which are socially repugnant. At some point, these people have an insight to the fact that continued indulgence in drugs/alcohol will not be tolerated and will inevitably destroy them and all that's around them (true)-they then make a choice to keep going or get help. It is hard to sympathize with them unless they try to change. A couple of outstanding features of addiction is incredible selfishness as well as an amazing capacity to manipulate others. If we hand someone the "Victim" label, they will most likely run with it and use it to their own end. The stats are bleak for recovery.
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First the person needs to admit that they are and addict and they have an addiction to any time of drug or alcohol syndrome. \n\nSecond, They have to want to seek help to get clean.\n\nThird you cannot make them want to get clean how much you cry, scream, and tamtrum.  It doesn't work.\n\nAlcohol and Drug Problems \n\nTopic Overview \n\n\nThe overuse or abuse of alcohol (alcoholism) or other drugs is called substance abuse. It is common and costly. It can cause or worsen many medical problems and destroy families and lives\n\nMost people do drink or take drugs to cover up for emotinal problems as well as some other unhealthly habits \n\nBut it can be done.  The reason i know is because my sister is a rformed drugged addict who has been clean for 16 years. She turned her life around for herself and her son and became a nurse.  I helped her get to where she wanted because she wanted it.  I even quit my job to take care of her son, while she was in the program. \n\nMy brother has just got clean from doing cocaine. It was a long fight he had to go through but he did and asked for help when needed.  \n\nThat is the KEY.  They have to want help.
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I would say it depends on your gender and culture.  In the white, American culture, if you are a woman, it is more stigmatized to be dependent on alcohol... however if you are male it is more socially accepted (I believe this also goes for the Mexican culture).  IF you are African American or part of that culture, then being addicted to drugs would potentially be a less stigmatized position.  All depends... and also depends on what drug.  Cannabis compared to crack/cocaine or meth have different connotations.
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-   Sin.  It's the #1 cause of mankind's problems.\n-   Greed and Pride (leads to much of the following)\n-   Crime (rape, theft, murder, child pornography, kidnapping, etc.)\n-   Crimes against humanity (torture, experimentation, genocide)\n-   Unwillingness to get involved (turning a blind eye when abuse  and injustices occur)\n-   Abuse (spousal and child, as well as other types)\n-   Politics (what a joke) \n-   Religion (killing, rather than loving, in the name of God)\n-   Environmental issues (pollution, global warming, poor use of natural resources, deforestation, etc.)\n-   Natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, flood, drought, etc.)\n-   Economies (disparate global economies, poverty vs wealth)\n-   Starvation (especially in 3rd world countries)\n-   Disease (especially, but not limited to, 3rd world countries)\n-   Education (lack of edu. or poor edu. leads to poverty and a class of people who cannot defend or fend for themselves)\n-   Waste (indulgent over-consumption, poor stewardship of what we already have)\n-   Covetousness (wanting what others have that you do not have)\n-   Love of wealth and power (people will stop at nothing to get what they want)\n-   Unfaithfulness (not just to spouses, but to families, communities, work, etc.)\n-   Selfishness (Lacking the ability to empathize...demanding your way.  Make no mistake, this is a mass problem as well as an individual one)\n-   War\n-   Terrorism\n-   Slavery (it still goes on today...it's just disguised as "cheap labor")\n-   Sex slave trade (the wholesale abuse of women and children around the world)\n-   Immorality\n-   Lack of responsibility\n-   Judicial systems (when money can buy a better defense...)\n-   Drugs\n-   Addiction\n-   Teen pregnancy\n-   Organized Crime\n-   Lies, lies, lies\n-   Entertainment/Media (feeding the world its version of beauty, truth, etc.)\n-   News Media (oh the inaccuracies! and all the trouble that causes)\n-   Cultural misunderstandings or insensitivity\n-   Hatred\n-   Bigotry\n-   Egocentrism\n-   Sexism\n-   Racism\n-   Unemployment\n-   Poverty\n-   Homelessness\n-   Social Security (and other issues that face the elderly)\n-   Rights vs Responsibility  (when your rights step on mine, where does responsibility come in?)\n-   Child abandonment (the making of orphans throughout the world)\n-   Technology (creating a world that is increasingly interactive with machines rather than other humans)\n-   Human Desensitization through Media (i.e. violent images, violent actions, adult themes, lack of consequences, etc.)\n\n\nOkay, I may add more to this later.  This is as many as I can think of at the moment.
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Sure, tobacco caused social ills could be something like the life long effects to a child of losing a parent or loved one (due to tobacco related causes).  Second hand smoke--is another issue, when you sunject others to this "deadly" air.  Either they have no choice & must breathe it in order to continue contact with you. . .or they choose not to interact with you--and this would be a social loss for both.  Another social ill would be the cost to society for providing health/medical care to people sick because of tobacco illnesses.  Of course, we should do that. . .but that money could be spent on improving other things.  (By this way. . .this was a great question!)
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Yes.  But if it goes on too long and it affects his life and the family's, it's a problem you have to address.  Addictions come in various forms.  You need to keep conversation lines open.
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Social ill is something very nauseating,offencive,not good for society, against the established customs,some times it shows very backwardness of the society,also against law(but not necessary ),it can turn cruel and inhuman.Take these as the 7 causes and effects of social ills.\n\n1.In India,SATI system was followed--It consists of burning of the legally wedded wife,with the dead husband at the funeral pyre.The most heinous thing that can be done to a woman.Such cases are still sometimes heard in India in Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh,although it is a crime to do so now in India.Also there is a Mandir in Rajasthan, where such SATI'S are worshipped annually on her burning day.\n\n2.When the husband of a women is dead, her wedded women's,head was shaved and considered as a cursed lady,and consequently avoided.These condemned women were not allowed to re-marry.This was particularly followed in Hindu's.\n\n3.---Other of some social ills present in the society,sen all over the world are.--1.Bullying and teasing--It is a major and common problem in schools.It destroys self-image of the victim and leaves a long- term,scar on him.Both the bully and the victim lack self- esteem-and some might have undergone abuse in their life.A bully compensate it through bullying,but the victims most often fails to put up with it.Other such issues are,2.Racism,3.Religious discrimnation,4.Addiction,5.Sex and Sexuality,6.Eroticism, 7.Pornography and modelling,8.Paedophilia.
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I think the biggest issue is poverty.  It also affects everyone everyday.  A lot of the healthcare problems are because of it.  People who are not poor are paying for the people who are.