A. Increase in level of homelessness

B. Illegal and unfair use of Social Services

C. Build more rehabilitation centers

Drug abuse is the excessive use of any legal or illegal drugs. The number of drug addicts increases drastically every year. People, if they are not stealing, robbing or killing, are using government money to support their drug habit. The guess is that nothing is being done, or that there is no solution to the problem. The truth is that there are alternatives to solving the problem, but the issue is not stressed as it should be.

There are many different types of drugs, but in America, the three main types are alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. Alcohol, a depressant, is the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid co

ntaining it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation. Marijuana is a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or eaten. Cocaine, a colorless or white crystalline alkaloid, is extracted from coca leaves and widely used as an illicit drug. Both marijuana and cocaine are used for their euphoric and stimulating effects.

Possible solutions to the problem would first be prevention. It is always best to get to the root of the problem before it gets out of control. Education is one way of doing so. If people were fully aware of the effects of drugs, they would most likely avoid it. The thought of losing everything one worked so hard to achieve is not enticing. Cleaning up the streets is another way of prevention or control. Having people participate in Neighborhood Watch programs, could aid in the process. Also, building more rehabilitation centers could give drug addicts a chance to correct their lives. If there were one in at least every neighborhood, more people would find it to be convenient to get help.

One reason for drug abuse is the environment. There is a saying, ‘If you take a clean sock, and put it in a basket of dirty socks, the clean sock wil

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