Mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders or personality disorders.

High stress as a result of a combination of unemployment and family problems.

can start with experimental use of a recreational drug in social situations, and, for some people, the drug use becomes more frequent.

Negative Impact on education.Many educators recognize that drug and alcohol abuse among students are significant barriers to the achievement of educational objectives.

Drug/Substance abuse have serious effects on a person's mental and physical health.

Public safety: Drug abuse plays a role in numerous transportation or other accidents. For example, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 40.8 percent of traffic fatalities were alcohol related (NHTSA, 1995).

Cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive therapy—or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—is a type of psychotherapy or talk therapy. It focuses on how a person’s thoughts and beliefs affect their actions, emotions and behaviors. By addressing unhealthy or dysfunctional thinking, people can change their feelings and actions. Oftentimes, these unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors are learned over the course of a person’s life.

The most commonly used approach to drug and alcohol abuse education involves simply providing students with factual information about drugs and alcohol. Some information-dissemination approaches attempt to dramatize the dangers of drug abuse by using fear-arousal techniques designed to attract attention and frighten individuals into not using drugs, accompanied by vivid portrayals of the severe adverse consequences of drug abuse.