Drug abuse

Hugs not drugs

Drug abuse is not a new problem. It has been in this world since ages and I'm sure it will continue to haunt our world for the coming generations. Drug abuse is basically the extreme desire to obtain or increase the intake of more than one toxic substances. Drug abuse can be the intake of cigars, cigarettes, alcohol and obvious drugs like heroin, nicotine, amphetamine and the list is never-ending. Let's just think what can be the cause of drug abuse or drug intake? Is it pressure from your family? Neh, because they love us. Is it pressure from our friends? Yes, maybe. Is it our own minds? Yes, can be. Is it depression? Yes of course. Is it to overcome depression? Oh yes! There are several reasons for the intake of drugs. Just ask yourself that is your willpower so weak that to overcome something bad we need drugs. We don' control the drugs, but the drugs control us. It alters the way a person thinks, a good, innocent human being can be transformed into an abusive and a sad person and all thanks to the drugs he or she was taking. 

Before consuming drugs people should at least think about it. They should talk to their close and loved ones about something like this. Smoking, drinking is all so common these days that the countries are also suffering a great deal of loss and depth due to this. I myself know teenagers of age 15-20 puffing cigarettes all day being proud of consuming alcohol. Shocking, isn't it? There is smoke in the air but not love. There are chemicals in the air but no passion. There are negative vibes but no positive vibes. Drug abuse has spread like a wildfire because all it needs to spread is a little spark. 

Because of the people who take drugs, even their families have to suffer a lot. The drug addicts ask for money and once they have been refused for something they desire to have, they steal money. The whole family suffers due to a great loss of money and each one in the family with a dark impression of losing their loved ones. Taking a limited amount of drugs is also not sufficient for them because the greed and for the proper effects drugs are taken in in large amounts. No one is immune from addiction. It targets all races, religions, castes and people. People go from one addiction to the another and all are ways for them not to feel their true feelings. According to a scientific research, it takes almost 60 days to get addicted to a new habit. 

No addiction is good. There will be the day when the drug addicts will violate our beautiful an peaceful atmosphere to an unimaginable level and it will be hard to believe. But with a twist in the story, there is a good side to stop this. Following the scientific research, it suggests that if you stop smoking but the age of 30 then you can add up to 30 years to your life and if it is stopped by the age of 60 then probably 3 to 10 years. One small puff can cost you your life. One puff and you've killed yourself 11 minutes earlier than planned.

 We're all becoming slaves of this gross habit and it is ruling over our minds, but still, if we stand united and strong then it is still possible to remove this several headed demon from our society. Support from loved ones, friendship, attention, rehabilitation centres and life will be back on track. The lives which had come to a standstill will be normal.

The saddest part is that even after being educated about the harmful effects of drugs people still take them. Isn't that silly?

By Dev Barot.