ABSTRACT
Drug use is one means of predicting or identifying potential problems in society. Targeting those involved in drug use may serve to alleviate the problems (crime and otherwise) that stem from drug use. As with many interventions, those tied to drug issues do not fall exclusively in the realm of secondary prevention. Eorts to work with current users are themselves tertiary in nature. Other methods aimed at preventing initial use may be construed as primary prevention, especially if implemented on a broad scale. e fact that the actual concern in dealing with drugs lies with the related crime and societal problems, however, means that drug issues are most properly dealt with in terms of secondary prevention.
