Summary: MAN AND DRUGS, A PERSPECTIVE ON DRUG ABUSE.Student’s NameInstitutionCourseDoris WilliamsProfessor: Dawn BleichrodtCriminal Justice and AddictionChapter Two First HalfDiscovery of drugs can be attributed to medical and religious practices. These drugs are able to perform functions like altering a person’s mental and spiritual state, reducing pain or treating diseases ( p.19).There are different reasons for drugs use. Drug use among the adolescents is attributed to peer influence. In some cases the person uses drugs because of the need for social acceptance. People who abuse hard drugs gain acceptance to certain groups this leads to further drug abuse. People coming from low socioeconomic class are more susceptible to drugs and crime as a result of frustration, desperation and hopelessness (p.40). ...