Drugs and Youth

The most disturbing aspect of this problem is how drug abuse damages our youth and the threat this poses for the future of every country. Young users suffer more illnesses, miss more days of school and are more prone to engage in criminal conduct.

Abuse, Work & Youth

Abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs costs society an estimated $276 billion annually. Substance abusers incur 300 percent higher medical costs than non abusers. They are one-third less productive on the job and are 2.5 times more likely to be absent from work eight or more days a year.

Your Mind on Drugs

But drugs can blur or obscure mental image pictures, causing blank spots. When you try to get information through this cloudy mess, you can't do it. Drugs make you feel slow or stupid and cause you to have failures in life. Drugs can distort the user's perception of what is happening around him. As a result, his actions may appear very odd or irrational, and the person can even become violent.