Substance Abuse

When the number of substance abuse cases increased over the past 40 years, the green revolution took on a whole other meaning (i.e. an increase in marijuana and other illicit drug use). For some developed nations such as the United States, the presence of conflict (i.e. the ‘Vietnam war’) set the stage for an unprecedented growth in the international illegal drug trade. Of course when the availability of drugs increased so did the number users, which for many meant the beginning of a cycle of drug addiction.



Substance abuse, also referred to as drug addiction, has been described as the continuous use of a harmful or potentially harmful substance for the purposes of sensory (i.e. your senses) or mood alteration that overtime may reinforce its permanent..