Ageing may lead to psychological, social and health problems which serve both as risk factors for substance misuse, and which may also be aggravated by substance use.
D’fhéadfadh fadhbanna síceolaíochta, sóisialta agus sláinte a bheith mar thoradh ar aosú, agus bíonn siad mar fhachtóirí riosca do mhí-úsáid substaintí, agus is in olcas a théann na fadhbanna mar gheall ar úsáid substaintí.