What impact does drug abuse have on society as a whole?

- ill health, sickness and death of the person

- neglecting and abuse of children

- public impairment. eg. employees such as bus drivers, pilots, train operators, air traffic controllers having even a slight impairment in their physical or mental ability could have significant consequences

- crime. eg. theft to afford drugs

- government resources and tax payers suffer

- loss of family

- institutions which are over filled