UNDERSTANDING DRUG ADDICTION
(Week 3 (21-27th
Jan 2013)
Isola Taiwo
We are living today in a drug
saturated cultures. Everything around us as students exposes us to diverse drug
temptation. Many victims of drug addictions are all around us. We only need to
visit the psychiatric clinic to have a better understanding. Drug addiction is
one of the greatest traps that have being used to destroy students in this
generation. Many students out of youthful exuberance, emotional turmoil and
deceit have cut short their lives and vision on the altar of drug
addiction. The victims and the wounded
abound everywhere and they are many.
Drug addiction is defined as a
compulsive need for and the use of a habit-forming substance (as alcohol,
heroin, and marijuana) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined
physiological symptoms upon withdrawal. It is also a compulsive use of a
substance known by the user to be harmful. A drug addict is someone who has
devoted or surrenders himself to a substance habitually or obsessively.
From these definitions, one
word stands out: Habit. That is,
drug addiction starts as a harmless adventure until it gradually becomes a destructive
habit. Yet most students do not realize the subtle way by which it captures its
victims. Understand that the wrong thought
with the wrong people in the
wrong environment at the wrong time and for the wrong reason equals the wrong
Habit”
Many reasons have been
given for drug addictions. Although some of these reasons may seem logical and
acceptable, they are worldly excuses and destructive lies. However, be careful
of what you believe! It affects your decision and hence, your future. These
drugs are highly destructive and have multi-dimensional, mental and social
consequences. It breeds other social vices like rape, lust, violence etc. Above
all, it is a slow but sure path to destruction. You only need to visit a
psychiatric clinic or an asylum and you will have a better understanding of the
evils of Drug Addictions.
My passionate advice for every
youth is to abstain from drugs. And for those involved in drugs, I encourage
you to desist from them. It ruins life. Challenges are inevitable in life. You
only need to be courageous and you will overcome them. Remember, the day a man
concludes that I don’t care; he starts a downward journey to the path of Had I
Known! Cheers!
to gain more!
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