Substance
abuse has been around much too long to even put a date on when it
started. As new drugs were created and new ways to "get high" were
discovered more people started to do them, as kids learned that you
seem “cool” if you smoke a cigarette, drink alcohol, or take illicit
drugs. More kids want to
take them because they fit in and do what their friends are doing, plus who doesn't want to fit in?
Richer people have enough money so they can buy better illicit drugs
while the poorer people can’t afford them. The poorer people found other
ways to substitute for the drugs. For example, some people were so
desperate that if they didn’t have enough money to pay for drugs they
would resort to sniffing glue to get that high sensation. Sniffing glue
is hallucinogenic, which means it makes you hallucinate, and you aren’t
aware of what’s happening around you. This is very dangerous because if
you aren’t aware then you can harm yourself or others, whether it’s on
purpose or by accident. The immediate affects of sniffing can be
suffocation or unconsciousness which could eventually lead to death of
yourself or others. You are in a hallucinogenic state for about 15
minutes and afterwards you have a severe headache.
Illicit drugs and alcohol are substances that people take to raise
their level of dopamine, which brings pleasure. When a person gets high
they aren’t aware so people get high to forget about their problems.
They don’t want to get help, maybe because they’re scared, but they
rather just deal with it the easy way out. Eventually, the easy way out
won’t work anymore and it could result in death.
