Presentation on

Factor’s Responsible for Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction

Tejal Rohit Roll No. 22 Sub. Drug Addiction, Criminal Justice and Human Right LL.M Part – 1 Criminal Law Group

Definition

• Drug Abuse means unnecessary use of too many drugs, the unwarranted use or non- use of any drug, the inappropriate use of drugs and coercive use of drugs.

• Drug Addiction means continued use of a substance for a purpose other than food amount to addiction.

• Drug dependence means a permanent physiological change causing an individual to persistently crave the consumption of particular substance.

Categories of Drugs

Drugs can be classified into two categories.

(1) The soft drug:- e.g. antibiotics and analgesics.

(2) The hard drugs:- e.g. cocaine, marijuana heroin

Introduction

• The casual factors vary from country to country, time to time and individual to individual.

• There are multiple casual factors which originate both within the minds and bodies of those who abuse drugs.

• Social and psychological factors which cause people to use and often abuse the mind altering drugs.

General Factors

• Genetics• Environment• Trauma• Mental illness• Influence of peers• personality

Contributory FactorsThere are many factors which contribute to drug abuse.• Pursuit of Health:- People by and large have never claimed good

health and in an attempt to improve health people resort to one or another method.

• Pain and problem:- People in order to relieve themselves from some pain or tension take drugs to which they with the continued use cannot say goodbye and thereby become addict.

• Alienation and pressure seeking:- Alienation, hopelessness, despair is a global and often loosely used term for one of the causes of drug use and many other social evils.

• Curiosity and emptiness:- Especially in young people a basic desire to experience the unknown.

• Easy availability of drugs• Bio- medical factors:- Development in the

medicine within the last century have an impact on society.

• Influence of the peer groups• Influence of the parents• Influence of the broken family• Influence of the Religion:- Religious beliefs

and rituals.• Influence of the defective educational system

Cause of drug abuse among youth

There are two primary causes of drug abuse among the youths. These are;

(1) Peer pressure:- youth associates with different types of people otherwise known as friends.

(2) Depression:- when certain things happen to someone that is considered sad and person started thinking of the best way to become happy.

Effect of Drug Abuse

The effect of drug abuse on youth is going to be viewed from three aspects. These are;

(1)Social aspect

(2)Financial aspect

(3) Health aspect

Remedies/ Solution to Drug Abuse• Rehabilitation of the affected persons.• Teaching the effects of drug abuse in schools.• Continuous campaign against the use of hard drugs at

the federal, state and local levels.• Consent of a doctor should be sought before a prolong

take of a particular soft drug.• Stiff penalty should be metted against anybody found

dealing on hard drugs.• Parents should monitor the kind of friends their children

with and guide against bad company.

Conclusion

• The factors responsible for drug abuse and drug addiction are wide and varied.

• The casual factors vary from country to country, in the same country from time to time, and individual to individual.

• Drug abuse is one of the most complex and battling problem.