Drug Overdose - Jim and Jack - Assignment Example

The possible reasons for their addiction would be peer pressure, the stressful situation in their life, and various sociological factors.

Tobacco

Alcohol

Marijuana

Cocaine (stimulants)

Heroin (opiates)

Long-term effects

 4

 4

 1

 3

 2

Disease-causing

 4

 4

 2

 3

 1

Chances of addiction

 4

 3

 1

 4

 4

Withdrawal   effects

 2

 4

 1

 2

 2

Contribution to deaths

 4

 3

 1

 2

 2

Heritability of using

 3

 2

 1

 1

 1

Totals:

21

 21

7

 15

 12

#2

Yes, I am surprised at the results because I thought that legal drugs (Tobacco, alcohol) might not be that much hazardous to health as illegal drugs (Marijuana, cocaine, heroin) might be. However, the results show that tobacco and alcohol are equally dangerous as these illegal drugs are, or in some cases more dangerous than the rest. 

Of course, if I had to do the rating of drugs on the basis of their social impacts the results might be different. Suppose I had to do the rating keeping in mind the social impressions of these drugs, I would have given more scores to illegal drugs than legal ones such as tobacco and alcohol.