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The Devastating Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction

The document discusses the devastating impact of drug abuse and addiction. It notes that while statistics show it as a major burden, they do not fully capture the consequences. It then discusses reasons why young people in the Philippines are attracted to illegal drug use, including enjoyment of the experiences, environmental factors like poverty that make drug markets thrive, curiosity to experiment, and using drugs to ease personal problems. It argues the key to prevention is discipline and encouraging alternative activities, as well as sharing the message of Jesus Christ who can change lives away from evil.

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The Devastating Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction

The document discusses the devastating impact of drug abuse and addiction. It notes that while statistics show it as a major burden, they do not fully capture the consequences. It then discusses reasons why young people in the Philippines are attracted to illegal drug use, including enjoyment of the experiences, environmental factors like poverty that make drug markets thrive, curiosity to experiment, and using drugs to ease personal problems. It argues the key to prevention is discipline and encouraging alternative activities, as well as sharing the message of Jesus Christ who can change lives away from evil.

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The Devastating Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction

“Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; however, staggering as these
numbers are, they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this
disease”

Essay On Drugs
Numerous incidents have been reported in television and social Medias in this persuasive essay
about drugs users and dealers who are caught in the acts, especially in those squatters area or what
they call “drug dens”. Not only those person who live in this populated area are being reported to the
authorities but believe it or not powerful persons like government officials also indulge their selves in
using prohibited drugs. Most of the drug users in the Philippines are young people. Illegal drugs that
are present include marijuana, LSD, opiates, and barbiturates. While there are no accurate statistics
available, it is estimated that as many as 60,000 young people in the Philippines are dealing with drug
addiction. So what is the reason why this young people are attracted to use this illegal drugs? Maybe
you will agree with this points I’ve listed. I’ll focus my discussion on young people who use prohibited
drugs.

First, Enjoyment.

Despite all the concerns about illegal drug use and the attendant lifestyle by young people, it is
probably still the case that the lives of most young people are centred on school, home and
employment and that most drug use is restricted to the use of tobacco and alcohol. They may adopt
the behaviour, fashion and dialect of a particular subculture including the occasional or experimental
use of illegal drugs without necessarily adopting the lifestyle. Even so, the evidence of drug use within
youth culture suggests that the experience of substances is often pleasurable rather than negative
and damaging. So possibly the main reason why young people take drugs is that they enjoy them.

Second, Environment.

Many young people live in communities which suffer from poverty, with high unemployment, low
quality housing and where the surrounding infra-structure of local services is fractured and poorly
resourced. In such communities drug supply and use often thrive as an alternative economy often
controlled by powerful criminal groups. As well as any use that might be associated with the stress
and boredom of living in such communities, young people with poor job prospects recognise the
financial advantages and the status achievable through the business of small scale supply of drugs.

Third, Curiosity.
Most young people are naturally curious and want to experiment with different experiences. For
some, drugs are a good conversation point, they are interesting to talk about and fascinate everyone.
Lastly, Personal Problems. Some young people will use drugs specifically to ease the trauma and
pain of bad relationships and the physical and emotional abuse arising from unhappy home lives.
Such young people will often come to the attention of the school. If these problems can be addressed,
then if drugs are involved they can become less of a problem. So how can we prevent this wide
spread use of drugs and drug addiction? For me, it is within ourselves, and that is DISCIPLINE. It’s
hard for me to know that the lives of my fellow young people are being devastated just because of this
prohibited drugs. If I have the opportunity to renew their lives, I would help them by conducting
seminars about drug addiction. I will encourage them to join some recreational activities to reverse
their attention on drugs. I will share to them the Good News, which is Jesus Christ because I believe
that He alone can change our lives, from evil to good.

Works Cited

1. Currie-McGhee, L. K. Drug Addiction. San Diego, CA, ReferencePoint Press, 2011.


2. Drug Addiction. Strasbourg, Council of Europe Pub., 2005.
3. "Drug Addiction." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drug_addiction.
4. "Editorial Board." Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, vol. 28, no. 2, 2015, p. iii. doi:10.1016/s0867-
4361(15)00035-8.

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