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General effects of drug abuse on the society.

Answer Text:
General effects of drug abuse on the society.
- Drug abuses spend most of their money on drugs and hence neglect their family leading to misery and societal breakdown.
- Drunk drivers cause accidents.
- People who are drunk with a drug are unreasonable and cannot make logical decisions; and hence cannot be productive at that time.
- Drug abuse has resulted into loss of morals leading to higher rates of rapes, violent crimes, murders, prostitution etc.
- Drug abuse has fueled the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and
HIV/AIDS.
Note: Drug addiction:
- Is situations in which an individual becomes dependent on a particular drug such that he cannot function normally without it; and lack of it result to some discomfort.