Sociology

diana cuevas

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Substance abuse

09/26/2020

substance abuse

Drug abuse is a serious problem that can cause physical effects and can change one's life for the worst, but is it considered a “mental illness” or have any mental side effects along with it? how does it happen? Why do people start to use substances and does it have anything to do with economic or social class? The national institute of mental health states that addiction to substances such as street drugs and alcohol is considered a mental illness due to how it changes the users behavior and intersperses with their work life as well as family life. Their study shows that in 2014, 20.2 million people in the United States abused substances and 7.9 of them had another mental illness. Dual Diagnosis.org, which is a foundation that helps people on their road to recovery, wrote an article titled “economic status and abuse” which points out how they correlate. They state that substance abuse is caused by a lifestyle who has a restriction on economical means. Whereas wealthy people are less likely to experience abusive behavior because they don’t live in an environment where they suffer from poverty. In this podcast I talk with an individual who suffers from drug abuse, or as he proposes, leaning on the edge of both drug abuse and addiction and answer more into detail the questions above. We get to see inside the mindset of a user, breaking down key components to everything leading up to it and what it is like dealing with it right now. We also discuss how his substance use came to be and if it has caused any changes to him and or people around him. As well as if he believes this has anything to do with mental health.

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Substance abuse

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