What are the connections between mental health issues, drug abuse, and offending? How can corrections agencies address these interrelated agencies?

Mental health comes in the same page with drug abuse and offense, if we look at the bigger picture. A person who is mentally at its most vulnerable takes to things that are readily available. When it comes to that, the options are drugs and alcohols. With the lack of knowledge on mental health, even after all these awareness programme, folks are not getting the vulnerability of the situation and resort to worse options like drugs for a mental peace of a moment. Statistics show that 350 million people were in depression in the year 2012(Marcus M). Now, this is just the recorded figure, the actual one will be larger without a doubt. The recorded ones are still in a better position cause they have some chance of getting back to normalcy but problem lies for the ones who are still unaware about their issues. Illegal drugs take a toll on people’s mind and changes their thought process. Now, this is where offense come to scene. WithWith the addiction dominating, people lose control over their own heads and take to options like physical and...