DRUG & ALCOHOL USE

WHAT'S SOCIAL ISSUE?

• Social issue is an issue that relates to society perception of people's lives.
• What's the social issue caused by alcohol and drugs?
• Drunks and addicts are nothing but troublesome to public system
• 16,000 deaths in the US happen each year due to drug abuse and alcohol
• Drugs and alcohol cost the society an estimated $86.1 billion each year

WHO'S BEING AFFECTED?

• Both drugs and alcohol are psychological, social and physical effects.
• The entire society is affected by drugs and alcohol.
• Addicts attend to commit crimes, and their joint effect in all areas.
• Including health care costs.

FUNCTIONALIST

• People's view on alcohol and drug abuse argues that it is a response to
• weakening society norms. Which means change occurs and becomes
• more complex. Drug and alcohol abuse as a response to weakening
• societal norms.

CONFLICT-THEORY

• The conflict theory emphasizes power influence of the drug
• and alcohol use. Who's against it and who's not?
• People could get addicted due to their life problems and pain
• Which could cause crimes and deaths. No one should be with alcohol
• and drugs, but yet half the US isn't against it.

SYMBOL INTERACTIONIST

• This topic symbolizes how people will get addicted
• to things that hurt them, but they don't notice it at
• the time. Until it leads up to dangerous causes and deaths