Substance abuse and the family: An examination of the South African policy context

National policy documents are an important platform for prioritizing social issues and it may promote research to develop practical guidelines based on effective and cost-effective evidence. With regard to the effects of drug abuse on families, properly designed policies will help to extend support for families and reduce the burden on drug abuse families. In this article we will use a family impact lens (FIL) framework to explore ways to address family concerns related to substance abuse in articles on South Africa's three policies and strategies. Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (PTSA) Act (2008), National Drugs Master Plan (NDMP; 2013-2017) and South Africa Family White Paper (2012). According to the framework of FIL, whether policy (1) refers to the influence of drug abuse on family members, (2) whether they recognize the importance of families in relatives' rehabilitation, (3) they are affected by substance abuse Affected Family Members (AFM) to support families. All three policies recognize the adverse effects of households on drug abuse by relatives, but the policy is too focused on individual methods of dealing with drug abuse, and it can fully meet AFM support needs Absent. In addition to evaluating or developing evidence-based strategies to support AFM, research needs to support AFM are needed. In this article we will provide further implications and recommendations for policy makers, researchers, and practitioners.

The purpose of this paper is to integrate existing data to help guide the policy and program efforts for families with child abuse problems in child welfare systems and to prevent actual further improvements in this field on the research foundation It is to specify the gap. To date, the family therapy drug court and the newly developed home drug abuse treatment intervention seems to be most effective in improving the initiation and completion of drug abuse treatment in the child welfare group. It is necessary to compare the effects of these two approaches and to study costs beyond the outcome of drug abuse treatment and child welfare and indicators of child's happiness.

¿ 1/2 drug abuse is a family problem. Drug abuse is a family problem both physically and psychologically. There is an increasing evidence that some people (such as certain alcoholics) are physically at the highest risk of chemical dependence. As long as you learn to deal with the family environment, this is also a matter of family. Child abusing parents can learn to cope with misfortune in their lives by injecting substances into the body and changing the mental state as parents do in front of you I can do it. Finally, this is a family problem. Even a single member of the whole family is strongly influenced by the abuse of alcohol and drugs.

Drug abuse not only affects abusers but also affects family units. The influence of a substance affects the ability of parents to raise children. Drug abuse and family impact are problems affecting society at various levels. To help families solve this problem requires the development of policies, theoretical framework, intervention and challenge, it is one reason for the development of child protection services (CPS). - Abuse of human relations in puberty is a national problem in the United States, both physically and mentally. Many people think that abuse of human relationships at puberty does not occur in the community, but they are approaching families. In the nationwide survey, 9.4% of the high school students were in a physical relationship.