Complications
Aside from the physical and psychological symptoms they cause, dependence on drugs can create a number of other disruptions in your life:
Family . Behavioral changes may cause marital or family strife.
Work . Work performance may decline and you may be absent from work more often.
Social . You may lose or alienate longtime friends.
School . Academic performance and motivation to do well in school may suffer.
Legal . Stealing to support your drug addiction or driving while impaired are just two of the potential legal problems drug addiction can bring.
Financial . Spending money to support your habit takes away money from your other needs, could put you into debt, and could lead you into behaviors that are contrary to your values.
Risk Factors
These factors increase the likelihood of your having an addiction to a legal or an illegal drug:
Personality . If you show signs of passive-aggressiveness, dependence or insecurity, you're more likely to begin overusing drugs.
Social environment . Particularly for young people, peer pressure is a strong factor in starting to use and abuse drugs.
Stress, depression and loneliness . Using drugs can become a way of reacting to these psychological feelings.
Genetics . Researchers haven't identified a specific gene that's involved in drug addiction. However, drug addiction is more common in some families and may involve the effects of many genes.
Type of drug . Some drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, more quickly result in physical addiction than others.
- Last Updated: 7/14/2000
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