Cory Bowling
ENG 100
Problem Solution
Drug abuse is prevalent in many countries. Billions of dollars are spent internationally preventing drug use, treating addicts, and fighting drug-related crime. Although drugs threaten many societies, their effects can also be combated successfully. Drug abuse causes multiple problems for countries and communities. The medical and psychological effects are very obvious. We can try to raise awareness and fight the battle of drug abuse as a nation.
Addicts cannot function as normal members of society. They neglect or abuse their families, and eventually require expensive treatment or hospitalization. The second effect is on crime. Huge police resources are needed to fight smuggling and dealing. Criminal gangs and mafia underworlds develop with the money from drugs. However, the menace of drugs can be fought. Education is the first battle. Children need to be told at home and in school about drugs. People need to be aware of the effects so that they can avoid this. A second approach is to increase police manpower and create effective laws to stop dealers.
However the main target should be the user: Families and counselors need to talk to children and people at risk. Parents need to look at their children and help them to become responsible. Drug addiction is a complex illness characterized by intense and, at times, uncontrollable drug craving, along with obsessive drug seeking and use that continues even in the face of devastating consequences. While the path to drug addiction begins with the voluntary act of taking drugs, over time, a person's ability to choose not to do so becomes difficult, and seeking the drug becomes compulsive. This behavior comes largely from the effects of long drug abuse.
Because drug abuse and addiction have so many stages and disrupt so many