WHY ARE DRUGS SUCH A PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY?

1. POPULARITY

1.1. Its the thing to do at parties

1.2. Peer pressured into trying them

1.3. Thinks it'll make them look cool

2. EASY TO GET

2.1. Anyone can buy them off the streets

2.2. Doctors are over prescribing them

2.3. People start taking family members prescribitions

3. PERSONAL LIFE

3.1. Not ones self when on or off the drug

3.2. Can become dependent on the drug

3.3. Can become abusive

4. COMMUNITY

4.1. It is big in poor communities

4.2. Children are growing up around it

4.3. Increases crime and incarceration rates in the area

5. ECONOMICALLY

5.1. Tax payers dollars goes towards jails and prisions

5.2. Drug interventions can cost the state billions of dollars which leads to taxes going up

5.3. Government can tax on illicit drugs such as marijuanna

6. CRIME

6.1. Selling drugs is illegal

6.2. People steal in order to buy the drugs

6.3. Can lead to gang wars

7. HEALTH

7.1. Can lead to disease or even death

7.2. Disease are easily transmitted through shared needles

7.3. Can lead to irreversible body changes, physically and mentally.

8. WORK

8.1. Those who do heavy drugs tend to be unemployed

8.2. When on drugs the person can be less productive

8.3. Can become a risk factor for the company which can result in a lost of job

9. ENVIRONMENTAL

9.1. The chemicals used to make the drugs are very flammable

9.2. The chemicals from the drug if not disposed properly, can cause environmental damage such as polluting our air

9.3. Even if disposed properly by plant workers in landfill, can still end up in our water supply

10. FAMILY

10.1. Can become abusive towards members

10.2. Children can pick up bad habits

10.3. Can lead to broken homes