By: Mitchell Cummins. Drugs and Alcohol abuse are major problems in the United States because they cause problems like death, unemployment, and crime.

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By: Mitchell Cummins

Drugs and Alcohol abuse are major problems in the United States because they cause problems like death, unemployment, and crime. The causes of these problems are peer pressure, depression, or because people think that drugs and alcohol are the only solution to making their problems go away.

Marijuana

Cocaine

Crystal Meth

Heroin

Pills

The Effects of Drugs

Alcohol

The Effects of Alcohol

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