Alcohol and other drugs
1. https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_social-problems-continuity-and-change/s10-00-alcohol-and-other-drugs.html There are two important factors to remember for drugs and alcohol: 1. The physiology, psychological, and social of drugs makes us feel good. 2. Because drugs makes us feel good, people use them, come hell or high water. Drugs use has always been around since ancient times and in almost every society. The different types of drug use throughout U.S. history were tobacco, alcohol, and coffee. Some drugs such as opium, cocaine, and marijuana were used in medicine. Drugs can be defined as: "Any substance other than food that, when taken into the body, affect the structure, and/or functioning of the body." The thinking of drugs on the basis of it being legal and illegal has no logic and is dangerous. It assumes that illegal drugs are the most and only dangerous compared to legal- when in fact, legal can be just as dangerous. According to statistics, 520,000 Americans ...