Addiction to Drugs

Question: Discuss the causes of drug addiction, solutions for drug addiction, treatment of drug addiction. Answer: Introduction: Drug Addiction has become one of the serious problems that are cropping up in todays world. These days drugs are been freely used and this has become an international problem. Today every country is not secured from the hazards of drug abuse. Mostly it is noticed that the younger generation fall in this trap and gets addicted. In India, the number of drug intake is increasing day by day at an alarming rate. The urban centers are mostly found abused with drug addicts. Causes of Drug Addiction: There are various causes which leads to drug addiction among youths and others. Social excommunication, desire for pleasure, curiosities, mental gap, spiritual speech, lack of self reliance can be clubbed as some of the reasons of the youth becoming a drug addict. It is the youth that we will depend on for the future so it is imperative to see such huge victims of drug addiction. It is always the psychological and emotional environment of an individual that is socially responsible for causing drug addiction among the youth. If they are ensured with proper love and care then such floating situations will not arise (Drug free therapy makes addicts forget addiction, 2012). Solutions for Drug Addiction: There is a necessity to generate social awareness and consciousness through proper educational system about the dangerous hazards related to drug addiction. Rehabilitation has become a major problem for the young drug addicts. The persons who can overcome from the side effects of taking drugs can also tutor the other young drug addicts too. It is necessary to form a healthy environment where all the needs of the youth can be reframed and put together so that people dont fall into such a hazardous trap of taking drugs as a necessity (Diabetes drug could treat illicit drug addiction, 2012). It is also necessary to check the production of opium and other drugs and bring them under vigilance. Treatment of Drug Addiction: Various medical processes can be initiated and can be used for the treatment of drugs. There are several side effects and symptoms that can be seen as a part of physical troubles faced by the individual. By the method of detoxification and if he is properly treated then the individual regains back his normalcy gradually. Even the members of the family needs to be well behaved with him when the patient will be under treatment. There must be cooperation from his friends and society as well so that he does not feel detached from his own environment (The social value of drug addicts: uses of the useless, 2014). Conclusion: It can be concluded from the report that drug addiction is posing a serious threat to the world as a whole. Therefore it is the sole responsibility of the individuals living in the country to make it a drug free society to live in. It is also adhered that the government must play a major role to systematically approve the methods of drug abuse and spread it all over so that people are aware about the disadvantages of taking drugs. References Diabetes drug could treat illicit drug addiction. (2012).Springer Healthcare News, 1(1). Drug free therapy makes addicts forget addiction. (2012).New Scientist, 214(2861), p.17. Islam, (2012). Improved treatment of nicotine addiction and emerging pulmonary drug delivery.Drug Discov Ther. The social value of drug addicts: uses of the useless. (2014).Choice Reviews Online, 51(11), pp.51-6473-51-6473.