SOC 112 CONCEPT MAP TEMPLATE Fill in the center circle with your chosen social issue. Then, in the appropriately labeled circle, list each of your examples. Indicate whether the relationship between each example and the central issue is positive, negative, or strained, using colors, words, or symbols. All Examples in Red colour indicates a negative relationship. Existing Social Condition 1: Unemployment is very high with substance abusers. Many companies today are turning to drug screens to weed out abusers (Hawkins et al., 1992). Also it has been realised that people under the influence of drug have a hard time keeping employment for not being able to function. Existing Social Condition 2: Crime rates especially where I live have risen due to drug seekers, as they are looking for things to steal, in return pawn and make more money to buy there next hit of drug of their choice (Hubbard et al., 1989). It is believed that multiracial people are more likely to suffer from drug abuse due to not suitable into one race over the other and having depression which leads to drinking. Social Inequalities 1: Lower class people are more likely to suffer not because they are actuary poor but because they have less resources to use than those in upper class (Hawkins et al., 1992). For Example: Not having enough money to buy food and you are malnourished. So one drinking effects his body differently than someone who can eat well. Social Inequalities 2. Drug abusers also tend to spend all money in drugs and therefore at the end of day they are not able to educate their children (Hawkins et al., 1992). They cannot afford school fees, not that they are poor but because they have spent all the finances in drugs. Cultural Beliefs and Biases 1: In their minds (Drug Abusers) they are normal to drink heavily or be high all the time. Sober people are not normal to some of them (Hubbard et al., 1989). So they view those from different ethnicity as different. Some even try to imagine that others from other ethnicity should not live or have no value in their lives. Cultural Beliefs and Biases 2: In its most basic form, marital status shows whether a person is married or single. This sometimes is extended to include other descriptors, such as widowed, divorced, cohabiting and civil union, which are all sometimes seen as single from a lawful standpoint (Hawkins et al., 1992). Since the alcohol and any drug addiction affects both women and men, it is then experienced across a range of marital statuses. Many studies have been carried out to find trends in alcohol and drug dependence within married and single groups, and it has been found that an individual’s marital status can actuary affect the likelihood of them sinking victim to alcohol addiction. Social Roles 1: Drinking alcohol is a part of culture for most people, as are conversations among parents and children concerning its risks and potential benefits (Alcohol, 1980). However, the information abou.

1. SOC 112 CONCEPT MAP TEMPLATE
Fill in the center circle with your chosen social issue. Then, in
the appropriately labeled circle, list each of your examples.
Indicate whether the relationship between each example and the
central issue is positive, negative, or strained, using colors,
words, or symbols.
All Examples in Red colour indicates a negative relationship.
Existing Social Condition 1: Unemployment is very high with
substance abusers. Many companies today are turning to drug
screens to weed out abusers (Hawkins et al., 1992). Also it has
been realised that people under the influence of drug have a
hard time keeping employment for not being able to function.
Existing Social Condition 2: Crime rates especially where I live
have risen due to drug seekers, as they are looking for things to
steal, in return pawn and make more money to buy there next hit
of drug of their choice (Hubbard et al., 1989). It is believed that
multiracial people are more likely to suffer from drug abuse due
to not suitable into one race over the other and having
depression which leads to drinking.

2. Social Inequalities 1: Lower class people are more likely to
suffer not because they are actuary poor but because they have
less resources to use than those in upper class (Hawkins et al.,
1992). For Example: Not having enough money to buy food and
you are malnourished. So one drinking effects his body
differently than someone who can eat well.
Social Inequalities 2. Drug abusers also tend to spend all money
in drugs and therefore at the end of day they are not able to
educate their children (Hawkins et al., 1992). They cannot
afford school fees, not that they are poor but because they have
spent all the finances in drugs.
Cultural Beliefs and Biases 1: In their minds (Drug Abusers)
they are normal to drink heavily or be high all the time. Sober
people are not normal to some of them (Hubbard et al., 1989).
So they view those from different ethnicity as different. Some
even try to imagine that others from other ethnicity should not
live or have no value in their lives.
Cultural Beliefs and Biases 2: In its most basic form, marital
status shows whether a person is married or single. This
sometimes is extended to include other descriptors, such as
widowed, divorced, cohabiting and civil union, which are all
sometimes seen as single from a lawful standpoint (Hawkins et
al., 1992). Since the alcohol and any drug addiction affects both
women and men, it is then experienced across a range of marital
statuses. Many studies have been carried out to find trends in
alcohol and drug dependence within married and single groups,
and it has been found that an individual’s marital status can
actuary affect the likelihood of them sinking victim to alcohol
addiction.
Social Roles 1: Drinking alcohol is a part of culture for most
people, as are conversations among parents and children
concerning its risks and potential benefits (Alcohol, 1980).
However, the information about alcohol can be seem
contradictory. Alcohol may affect people differently at different
stages in their life small amounts have health benefits for

3. certain adults, but for adolescents and children, alcohol when in
excess it can interfere with normal brain development of
children’s. Alcohol’s conflicting effects and father and mothers’
changing role in their children’s lives as they grow and seek
more independence can make talking about alcohol as
challenge. Parents sometimes have trouble setting concrete
family policies for alcohol use. And they also find it hard to
communicate with their children and adolescents about alcohol-
related issues.
Social Roles 2: Drug abusers are unable to manage their homes
(Alcohol, 1980). For family and friends of drug- or alcohol-
addicted individuals, addressing the addiction is the hardest
aspects of helping to seek treatment.
References
Alcohol, D. A. (1980). Mental Health Administration. Report of
the Secretary’s Task Force on Youth Suicide: Vols. 1, 4.
Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., & Miller, J. Y. (1992). Risk
and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in
adolescence and early adulthood: implications for substance

4. abuse prevention. Psychological bulletin, 112(1), 64.
Hubbard, R. L., Marsden, M. E., Rachal, J. V., Harwood, H. J.,
Cavanaugh, E. R., & Ginzburg, H. M. (1989). Drug abuse
treatment: A national study of effectiveness. University of
North Carolina Press.
Social Issue:
Drug Abuse
Existing Social Condition 1:
Unemployment
Cultural Beliefs and Biases 1:
Ethinicity
Social Inequalities 1:
Lack money to buy food
Social Inequalities 2:
Lack of money to educate children
Existing Social Condition 2:
Crime rates
Social Roles 1:
Discipline Children

5. Social Roles 2:
Manage Home
Cultural Beliefs and Biases 2:
Marital status
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Running head: Drug and Alcohol abuse
1
Drug and alcohol abuse
2
Angela Brown
Southern New Hampshire University
Jacob Armstrong
Various cultural beliefs end up resulting in some of the aspects
that are relational, ethnicity often results when people are into
their own traditions. These beliefs make an individual to be tied
to the fact that they believe certain people are entitled to do
some obligations and others are not entitled. More so, marital
status reflects to some cultural practice, which make some
people to be discriminated because others feel that they do not
have certain qualifications. For example, there is a cultural
belief that some people are not entitled to drink while other are
entitled and at the same time some people should be drunk all
the time according to the cultural belief. The social issue can
be well understood because marital status and ethnicity dives a
clear description of the cultural practices and the gap that is
often in between when it comes to some obligation.

6. The relationship that is initiated in the social role is that some
obligations ought to be enhanced so that the society in general
can be in a position to facilitate good outlook. In this case,
discipline to children should be offered without any restriction
so that social standards can be meet. This is linked to home
management, which calls for disciplinary measures to be
enrolled. Indeed, it is the role of parent to make sure that they
understand and take control of their children and homes so that
the cultural aspect can be kept at the social position. This help
in understanding the social issue since some obligations must be
meet.
The relationship that is provided in social inequalities is that
lack of money to buy food and money to educate children
happens to the poor people because they are less fortunate and
do not have resources. This creates an understanding of how the
society is sub divided into two major groups the upper class and
the lower class. Unemployment is high because drug issues has
resulted to many individual losing their jobs because they are
not in a position to keep their social statues as required. It is
out of this that crime rate rise since different individuals opt to
cater for their needs yet they do not have a source of income.
The social issues facilitate change in the society since they
interrelate with one another, for instance when an individual is
unemployed he is prone to indulge in crime which reflect to
poor manage at home.
References
Little, D. (2010). New contributions to the philosophy of
history. Dordrecht New York: Springer Science Business Media
B.V.
Kumar, S. (2009). International issues in social work and social
welfare: selections from CQ researcher. Thousand Oaks: SAGE
Publications, Inc