FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCE.
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- Peer group syndrome and bad company.
- Emotional in (maturity) due to poor upbringing.
- Ignorance
- Accessibility factor/Occupation e.g bartenders, pharmacist and nurses.
- Stress and frustration.
- Socio-cultural factors such as drinking at wedding, naming and funeral ceremonies.
- Genuine health problems when a person is placed on a particular drug for a long time e.g. Morphine to relief pain.