| The problem of drug addiction and alcoholism are | | | | annoys me that alcohol abuse and binge drinking is |
| escalating and spreading to levels totally out of control. | | | | glamorised by many still - with how drunk you got over |
| But is enough being done? Are people actually aware | | | | the weekend or at a party a central topic of |
| of the real dangers and damage that alcohol and | | | | conversation come Monday morning in the office or at |
| drugs can cause? | | | | school/college. Alcohol kills people - often innocent |
| So let me provide you with a few addiction and | | | | ones. |
| alcoholism facts and statistics - so you can really begin | | | | It also makes me angry that drug dealers are often |
| to appreciate the potential for damage and | | | | able to roam freely through our communities - why isn't |
| devastation that alcohol and drugs have. | | | | more being done to target and get rid of them? |
| 1) Of all fatal road accidents - more than 50% involve | | | | Getting young kids addicted to drugs is just cowardly |
| alcohol. | | | | and evil. |
| 2) Drug and alcohol abuse is a major factor in the | | | | I fear things are just going to get worse - because |
| premature death and unnecessary injury of young | | | | what can we really do? Prevention is the only real |
| men and women. | | | | answer, but until attitudes change towards alcohol |
| 3) Violent behaviour attributed to the use of alcohol | | | | abuse and those that infiltrate our streets with drugs |
| accounts for around 50% of murders and rapes. | | | | are dealt with, we'll always be too far behind, |
| 4) It has been estimated that 85-90% of property theft | | | | constantly trying to play catch up. |
| and muggings on the street are made by addicts to | | | | And the addiction and alcoholism statistics I've shared |
| fund their habit. | | | | with you will no doubt be constantly changing and on |
| 5) Approximately 20 million people over the age of 12 | | | | the increase because the problem of substance and |
| use drugs in the US and around 20,000 people die | | | | alcohol abuse is only getting worse. So we need to |
| each year from their addiction | | | | each do our bit and spread the word to the dangers |
| I've just touched on a few facts about alcoholism and | | | | and damage that alcohol abuse and drugs cause. |
| drug addiction - but I'm sure you get the picture. It | | | | There are just too many lives at stake ... |