The other name of drug is medicine, but when it is used indiscriminately with a view to making the users' nervous system inactive, it is addiction. Drug addiction is a very dangerous social crime. It indeed destroys the young generation of a nation. Moreover, it destroys morality and breeds many other crimes in the society.
Up to the sixties, it was a problem of the industrially developed capitalist countries of the West. Since the end of the sixties, it has spread to the least developed countries like Bangladesh. Now the picture of drug addiction is not so pleasing. A section of young people is addicted to different types of drugs.
There are several reasons behind drug addiction. Acute unemployment, miserable poverty, political unrest, lack of social security, lack of any particular aim in life are the reasons for drug addiction. Out of curiosity, they take them at first but they become habituated. Thus a lot of our young men and women, even teenagers, have become addicted to different kinds of drugs. The situation is getting worse day by day.
Drugs have terrible effect on human body. It carries the addict to an unreal world of dreams. The addict feels drowsy, loses appetite and feels like smiting. They damage the brain and the internal function of the body and ultimately lead to death.
The perfect strictness of law must be continued including death penalty for drug smuggling. Steps have to be taken to treat and rehabilitate the addicted ones.
without prescription. Young generation must be made aware of the dangerous effect of drug taking. Parents must be more careful about the education and upbringing of their children. A country-wide campaign against drug addiction should be undertaken immediately. To remove drug addiction is a mammoth task. United and determined efforts are needed to do it.
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