That is undeniable that many people are the victim of drug addiction. This is because they have allowed thier own lives to be ruled by drug for whatever reasons. Maybe it is because of they first tried taking drugs out of curiosity and then got sucked unwittingly into the trap or even maybe it is just a mean to escape from their unhappy lives. The easy availability of drugs, though illegal, contributes significantly to the rise of drug addiction.
Drug addicts are a liability to society. They are unproductive and burdensome. In order to support thier drug habit, they may result to any means. Begging, stealing and involving in criminal activities are the common things for them who are already addicted to the drugs. They just do not care what they do or who gets hurt as long as they get thier next fix. They have lost all their integrity and responsibility as well. For them, life is merely a series of escapes into the dream-world induced by drugs. Reality is too harsh for them.
The luckier drug addict who comes from the richer family may get his regular supply of drugs from his falmily who does not want the family's name to be dragged into public disgrace. But some of them who are not so lucky may get disowned and get thrown into the cesspool of other addicts. Regardless to their origins, drug addicts give the rest of the society huge problems. The polices have to work extra hard to curb drug trafficking. Besides, the rehabilitation centres have to be set up and maintained so that the drug addicts are able to have a chance to kick their habit and return to society. The common people have to take preventive measures against possible robbery and petty theft. Families break up. Jobs are lost. Tears are shed. Millions of lives are thrown into despair and all because of the fine powder derived from the opium plant.
Moreover, drug trafficking is a lucrative trade. It has reached epidemic proportions in all parts of the world. They have made the huge profits out of the misery of other people. This trade is controlled by criminals and crooks. The law enforces simply cannot cope with this epidermic even the death penalty does not seem to deter the traffickers. For every trafficker that gets caught, there must be any others who escape from it to enjoy their ill-gotten gains. Therefore, the police is overworked, the streets are filled with pushers, drug king-pins grow richer and addicts multiply ominously.
In addition, drug addicts also spread diseases through their unclean methods of drug injection. While most of the diseases are mangaeable, one has becomes a real treat to everyone. AIDS, the dreaded killer is now prevalent among drug users. This is not only the users are at risk, but the rest of society stand an awful good chance to become a victim of this incurable affliction.
What can be done to stop this kind of scourage? Most of the methods employed so far seems only threat the symptoms and not the causes. We tried to rehabilitate the drug addicts but not made enough efforts to educate the young ones so that they do not become one of the drug addicts. We watched small-time traffickers while the big ones are untouched. We seized small consignments of drugs while the plants grow in huge quantities in the Golden Triangle.
If a man can spend millions to make war on one another and still not reslove their confflicts , would it not be better to spend the same amount of money to make war on these drugs? Instead of killing one another, it would be a war wiser thing to kill off the opium fields and render the growers and producers helpless. That would be a really positive step in stopping this kind of scourage.
In conclusion, would the powers that be really want the drug menace to be eradicated? Or would they just carry on lamenting the fact and let this kind of scourage slowly eat away into the heart of the society?
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