First of all, what specifically is a drug? Drugs are substances that change a person’s mental or physical state. They can affect the way your brain works, how you feel and behave, your understanding and your senses. This makes them unpredictable and dangerous, especially for young people. The effects of drugs are different for each person.
What do drugs cause? The consumption of drugs is often observed when teenagers fail to cope up with personal problems. Sometimes family issues are the reason to the addiction of drugs. The youth throughout the world is vulnerable to drugs, mostly young people chose drugs to satiate their desires. Lack of self confidence is the root cause of addiction of drugs.Due to pressure and excessive stress people often choose drugs and try to lessen their stress by using drugs.
The high level stress compels an individual to use drugs.The social and personal pressure often result in smoking and drinking. It means when a person starts feeling isolated or is ignored in society they develop habit of using drugs. The lack of parental involvement in child’s activities is also a cause of drug addiction in young people. Those who are emotionally weak become a drug addict. The availability and exposure of drugs is also a cause of addiction. An individual living in an area where drugs are available and people consume drugs there will also develop habit of consuming drugs.
How can drug addiction affect a human? The addiction of drugs leaves adverse effects on the mind and body of an addict. It is a type of brain disease, regular consumption of drugs disrupts the proper functioning of brain. The uncontrollable desire to consume drugs become worse day by day ultimately an addict find it impossible to control the intake of drugs. A regular user of drug loses the efficiency of working. One who is drug addict can’t fulfill their responsibilities in good manner.
The personal health of an individual is entirely lost when they become a drug addict. One who consumes more drugs often experiences anxiety, depression, fatigue, headache, sweating, insomnia etc. The repeated and regular use of drugs leave psychological effects too. Many physical and mental disorders appear in who uses drugs on regular basis. Many respiratory diseases, heart attack, lung cancer, kidney failure, liver problems and brain damage are often caused of intake of drugs in excess. The immune system of humans are badly affected because of drugs.
How can we help a drug addict? Those who consume more drugs they must be informed about the effects of drugs. It is necessary to keep drugs off so that one who is not indulged in it remain far from it. There are some steps that can be taken to help stop consumption of drugs. Whoever that is suffering from mental disorders or is a victim of depression and stress must be taken to psychiatrist so that their mental illness is cured and they become able to quit drugs. People must learn to deal with pressure and stress, the best way to get rid of stress is to handle it properly, not to take drugs. There is ignorance among people. They are not known of the risk factors of addiction of drugs, they don’t know the abuse of drugs.
In the end drug addiction is one the greatest issues that young people are facing these days. It brings a lot of problems in our lives. Therefore, every possible effort must be made in order to contain this issue forever.
Melisa DİNÇER
SINAV COLLEGE KARŞIYAKA CAMPUS
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