Poverty the root cause of crime

Poverty is the root to crime

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overty is the state of one's lack of certain amount of materials, possessions or money , in other word being poor. A person who is in Poverty lacks certain amount of materials, possessions or money hence that person lacks basic human needs, not having enough to feed and clothe themselseves.

Poverty has many causes, some of them very basic. Some experts suggest that the world has too many people, too few jobs, and not enough food.The major causes of  include inadequate education , overpopulation, the unequal distribution of resources in the world economy, inability to meet high standards of living and costs of living,  and employment opportunities, environmental degradation, certain economic and demographic trends, and welfare incentives.  This there fore presents a lot of challenges to the ordinary citizens who are then left with minimal options to erk out a living , that could be the reason why they end up doing crime to survive.


According to News24 , Three quarters of 2000 adults from the major metropolitan areas of South Africa agreed that poverty was the main cause of crime. These people turn to crime because they think that crime is the only solution to poverty. (www.news24.com)


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The foundation to any stable long-term democracy is an educated, employed, and organized civil society with small differences between classes of society. Education has become a key driver of growth and development : knowledge is power. Countries with higher skill levels are better equipped to face new challenges and master technological discoveries. If more people value education they will have a much brighter future than if they did not go to school at all. School enhances the brain to be able to think wiser and to keep on developing the individual’s needs in terms of thinking of legal ways of making a living. There are so many opportunities for South Africans starting their own businesses. These businesses include the likes of crafting, recycling and selling at street corners. Our education system needs to be designed in such a way that our scholars are equiped with skills to sustain them selves even when they dont get employment.



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Most people who have not been fortunate enough to get an education find themselves having lesser opportunities of getting employed and end up getting exposed to wrong activities in the communities. They end up being involved in crime hence they have not acquired any sufficient skills due to the fact that they did not go to school.

The ability to obtain an income through gainful employment is a gaping hole in the fight against crime and of course, poverty. This can only be done through the Countries skills development programme and education increase. 

Say no to drugs

Say no to drugs

What are drugs?

A drug is any substance which when taken into the body, alters the body’s function either physically and psychologically. Drugs may be legal (e.g. alcohol, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal (e.g. cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin). ( http://www.drugaware.com/)

There are drugs that are legally produced and used in medicine if it is procured in an illegal way for non-medical use its then it is danger to the society.

One of the major causes of crime is drugs and peer pressure amongst teenagers. Drug users do crimes such as robbing people and stealing valuable items in their houses to maintain the addiction.

These are some of the reasons why teenager's use drugs:
 

+ Socialising with friends\ peer pressure 

 + Boredom

 + Curiosity/ experimental

 + To escape from psychological or physical pain

These are the most used drugs in South Africa.

+ 2.52 million use dagga

+ 250 000 use cocaine

+ 80 000 smoke cigarette

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These are some of the suggestions that could prevent teenagers to be involved in drugs

+ Parents should foster a close relationship

+ Establish arrangements and guidelines about what is acceptable behaviour around alcohol and drugs

+ Encourage a healthy approach to life including good food, sports and regular exercise.

The effects that drugs have on the human body

+ Stomach ulcers

+ Constipation or diarrhoea

                                                       + Kidney damage

The social department launched the national anti- substance abuse campaign.  

  "Social Development is the lead government department in implementing the National Drug Master Plan (NMDP, 2006-2011), which serves as a blue print of national action and programmes to stamp out drug abuse and its associated challenges. The NMDP commits government and all important sectors of society to work together on key areas such as to reduce the demand and supply of illegal drugs through a wide range of coordinated action from national to local levels.  "- The Department of Social Development                            

People make money out of drugs and yet they do not get caught. South Africans export drugs from countries like Nigeria. All they think about is money and yet they destroy teenagers lives. The youth of South Africa is South Africa's future. Now that these people are destroying the youth .Who will be the future of South

Africa?

                                                                                          

If you need help on helping someone to stop their addiction call:

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