When people think of drug abuse and addiction, they usually think of how it affects the individual user or addict and the user or addict's family and friends, but it is important to consider that drug abuse also affects society. describe how drug abuse affects society and the consequences of drug abuse in america.

It can effect society because it tampers with the way your brain works, causing users to not only cause deadly car accidents, but to immoral things.  This in turn has an effect on society because of crime and the lives lost from people on drugs.  Also drugs can ruin someone's chance at a job, which can hurt the economy because its one less person able to help the country, others, and themselves. 

Keep your hands washed and trash kept in trash cans.