Why Do Alcohol And Drugs Need To Be Monitored

Alcohol and drugs need to be monitored because of all the harm caused from use. Not only do these products provoke gang violence, crime, and abuse, alcohol and drug use are very dangerous to the user and our environment. Many people die from drug use each year, or are affected by them, legal or non-legal. Also the environment has to suffer because of our carelessness with these drugs. Alcohol and drugs use, legal and non-legal, need to be greatly monitored, because it is dangerous to the user, bad for the environment, affects schools, and provokes gang violence. We need to make people aware of the harm caused by drugs and alcohol. For example, around 40% of gang violence and crime is from drug trafficking, and illegal production of these drugs. A big way that gangs get their money is from drug sales, and only God knows what gets put into those drugs causing brain destruction or even worse, death. Drugs and alcohol also make people violent. Alcohol along with drugs can cause a world of hurt. Alcohol and violent behavior are intrinsically linked to domestic violence, sexual assaults, homicides, anti-social
Drugs and alcohol cause many deaths per year. Drug death alone from overdosing or misusing drugs causes around 200,000 deaths per year. Many people get prescribed drugs for medical reasons, and that is fine, but those drugs can be misused by the owner, or sold for bad purposes. Alcohol also plays a big role in deaths per year. Excessive drinking is responsible for around 1 in every 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20-64 years. It also causes hurt to the people around you, with abuse or drunk driving. Many people suffer abuse each year from alcohol in the family, and it can stay with them throughout their lives. Drinking and driving also causes many deaths per year. Every two hours three people are killed in alcohol-related highway crashes, so we need to put an end to