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Social
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One main reason for the increasing abuse of medicine and drugs is the continuously growing quantity of obtainable substances. Pharmaceutical research on active ingredients lead on to the permanent introduction of novel forms of effective medicines and stimulants (e.g. methylphenidate or modafinil). These are originally developed for ill people, but equally cause effects on mentally healthy persons, especially on their cognitive abilities as e.g. awareness, information processing and stress resistance
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Economic
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Performance requirements rise continuously in all kinds of professions (particularly in research, military and knowledge domains). The achievement-oriented society forces more and more employees to work under restrictive, stressful and burdening conditions as uncertainty, increasing time pressure and growing competition. Furthermore, fear of unemployment and social exclusion cause people to frequently reach their mental and physical limits, leading to stress diseases and burnouts, which also affects private life
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Values/Ethical/Cultural
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Drug abuse is increasingly being accepted in all parts of society. Many people do not refrain anymore from taking drugs or stimulants offered by other people or colleagues in order not to be socially excluded. Another important factor is the general aspiration to be socially accepted and to make impressions on other persons, e.g. to work faster, longer and better than other colleagues. The latter factor of display behaviour is increasingly widespread among children and adolescents. The consumption of legal and illegal drugs has risen alarmingly among these groups
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