Substance Abuse Case Study

Introduction
Different kinds of social, ethical and legal issues concerning the act of influencing one towards unethical activities are to be carried by the influencer. Keith and Ginger both lie equally responsible and liable towards making their friends influenced towards indulging them in addictive practices . In the contemporary times it’s evidently found that youth and drug intake practice go hand in hand. An increasing quotient of young people is likely to find immense solace and relief in taking in drugs. They primarily engage in such activities to avoid the commotion of stress elements in their lives and to deal effectually with the increasing complexities. It is a prominent social scenario in today’s date that a significant percentage …show more content…
Keith has been long observed and followed while practicing the habit of taking in drug injections. The process of injecting the drugs within self is found to be quite easy by Kurt as the observation took place for quite a long time . Kurt was pretty confident about injecting the drug needle into her arms. On the contrary although Janis has also observed Keith for the same span of time indulging in such drug inducing activities but found it difficult to implement the process. Janis was found to be very afraid of needles hence does not find it comfortable to inject the heroin through this procedure. Keith has taken an active initiative in preparing the heroin dose for both her friends who are yet to experience the pleasure of being under the external control of drug dosage. Janis and Kurt were both interested in engaging in the habit of drug taking practice . It was through the unfortunate incidence that Keith made a severe mistake in contaminating the drug while preparing it for both Kurt and Janis. As the drug was prepared for both injections of Kurt as well as Janis the effects were bound to be same. Due to the injections being contaminated the consequences faced by Kurt and Janis was fatal in nature and both of them underwent the experience of …show more content…
As Keith is the person to be held guilty and shall be put to accusation position for the consequence taking place. In order to prove the guilty as the real accused it is necessary to construct a reasonable intent for the event taken place . The person accused in necessary to carry a direct and strong intent, and underlying purpose of conducting the event in a willing manner. The prosecutor thus needs to find that hidden intent which may encompass the entire event of misfortune. If the person who is regarded as the suspect is proved to be voluntarily engaged in act of intoxication the crime charges shall only be applied if the specific intent is attached. The jury in the court shall question the accused to evaluate his or her state of intoxication while conducting the event . The prosecution is found to charge where a clear motive behind the act is confirmed. In the present case although a sheer liability lies in course of preparing the drug in such a manner that it got contaminated but the accusation shall not hold strength as a significant intent may not be found. The lack of properly structured and concrete intent regarding the in relation with the current issue taken place shall result in proving the fact that Keith is directly responsible for the deaths. It can thus be regarded as a serious case of ignorance and reluctance which needs to be treated as a punishable

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Substance Abuse: A Case Study