The prices of drugs are changing every second depending on availability and the type of drug. Currently marijuana is the most popular among the population. Due to addiction, a lot of drug abusers use all their money and families' money to continue their addiction. People lose their jobs due to being high all the time and due to not having a job they can't provide for themselves. Axelrod-Contrada elaborated how obsessive the addiction of some drugs are, Drugs make you do some crazy things. The addiction of drugs makes you do certain actions a clear headed non drug abuser would do. For example, some people just to keep their fix for their addiction they will steal or rob from a store. Another example is stealing from peoples' houses or robbing people on the street. The consequences could be really bad not just jail but having to quit your addiction because of being arrested. The withdrawal pains could be extreme depending on the drugs. Klosterman stated a person can die just from .
withdrawal symptoms alone. Unfortunately, people are so addicted to the drugs they abuse they pay the ultimate price with their life.
Psychologically alcohol can make it difficult to think straight. Alcohol mentally impairs many different aspects of your brain. Klosterman explains the effects of alcohol on the brain "Alcohol, for example, can make a person more boldly due to its effects on judgment. It also impairs muscle coordination and dampens a person's awareness of surroundings." Alcohol doesn't allow a human to function normally and when people abuse it due to binge drinking bodies are forced to shut down because the drug is so strong. Overdosing on alcohol is possible and death can result from overdoing. The abuse of alcohol can lead to the psychological addiction of alcohol. Unfortunately, some people need to drink alcohol solely to get through their life. .
Axelrod-Contrada said that alcohol is used to self medicate people with high stress lives and self medicated depression remedy.