Constructionist Perspective On Drug Abuse

The abuse of alcohol and prescription/recreational drugs are constant issues that our society and societies across the globe are constantly facing. Handling such issues and preventing them from negatively impacting our society can be very difficult and viewed from an “Objective perspective” and a “Constructionist perspective”. The objective perspective identifies these abuses as unsafe social condition that can be identified, measured and reduced. The Constructionist perspective uses a more formal procedure for its perspective; it utilizes legislators, social development and other forms of perspective gathering. The effect that alcohol and drug abuse has and will continue to have on our society is overwhelming. It is possible to see its effect from the beginning of life with a new born baby, to the abusers themselves and to the people that may be harmed because of the abusers.
Also, according to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are 105,000 alcohol related deaths annually due to drunken drivers, alcohol related injuries and diseases. Not all of these 105,000 related deaths were the deaths of the abuser. Many were the lives of law abiding citizens who were killed because of the substance abuse of another person. This issue is an ongoing issue and sadly it will most likely stay an issue in society for years and years to come. While this may be an uphill battle without a foreseeable ending, that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be faced head on. On the contrary, if our society doesn’t make the efforts to rid substance abuse, the current negative statistics could grow even