Drug
abuse is a very serious problem.It is serious in the sense that many
youths are involved.The problem of
drugs is not only natural in its outlook but international in the scope.It is therefore,a phenomenon that is of great concern to the people and governments of the world.There are inherent dangers in drug abuse that can not be over emphasized.
In the first place,drug abuse makes for an increase in the crime rate of our society.Drug
abusers form the majority of hardened criminals.They are people who do not mind killing or maiming innocent people in
order to get what they want.In most cases,it is the compulsion to get the drugs at all
cost that drive them into crime.
Consequently,adiction can lead to mental disorder,sufferers are often left in one state of mental imbalance or the other.The increase in the number of psychiatric patients in our hospitals and our street today is as a result of drug abuse.
It has led to the soiling of the international image of a
country.A lot of money is realised in the importation and sale of these drugs like cocaine,heroine and marijuana,due to this,many youths do not hesitate to risk their necks in the search of easy money to be made from this business.This accounts for why many of our youths are now languishing in prisons within and outside the country.
Also , since,as has been said earlier,most drug abusers are youths,drug abuse not only rob the economy of the necessary man-power or potential leaders,it goes on to cost the nation unnecessary financial drain in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse victims.
In conclusion,the government, religious bodies and parents all over the world should step in,in order to stem this evil tide.
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