Why is drug abuse a social problem very short answer?

Social Effects of Substance Use Disorders Other social problems associated with SUD include housing instability, homelessness, criminal behavior (victim or aggressor) and incarceration, HIV transmission due to intravenous drug use or high-risk sexual behavior, and unemployment or dependence on social assistance. People who have never experienced drug addiction or have had close contact with an addict often don't realize how destructive and exhausting the disease of addiction can be.

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