Drug Usage -- Effects on Teens
Drug Usage -- Effects on Teens
Drug addiction is a chronic disease and it directly affect the brain and body. Drug addiction damages people health, family, career and relationship with friends and community. The main reason of this study is to provide information that how drugs effect our body and brain in a very bad way. Drug usage is a problem which is increasing day by day in our society. This thing restrains people from accomplishing their goals and dreams. Most of the people feel that they are too strong and have control over their selves but addiction can trap anyone either a strong person or a weak person. Drugs may not only effect the person who is addicted to them but also those who lives close to the addict. Drug usage is an epidemic in America.
Problems Faced:
Drug addiction is a very serious issue and it has negative consequences. In the beginning people feel pleasure and they assume that everything is going fine but later suffers from dangerous diseases which leads to severe illness. Drugs effect different people in different ways. Some people use drugs most of the times but never addicted, on the other hand other use drugs once and become badly addicted. The problems of using drugs are:
Causes of Drug Addiction:
The major causes of drug usage are:
a. Taking drugs more often.
b. Lack of healthy food.
c. Lack of exercise and healthy activities.
Now days people are more influenced by the people around us. Most important reason of drug usage and addiction is peer pressure. Peer pressure means how social life effect people. Sometimes social influences are positive and sometimes negative, and when influences are against the person’s behavior than they start doing those activities which are harmful for their health and body. Sometimes people use drugs in order to fit in the social circle even though person has no intention for using drugs. As most of the athletes use drugs and because athletes are role models of most of the people so as an inspiration people start using drugs. Most of the people use drugs to achieve hall of fame. The major con of using drugs most often is the health risks, anxiety, low self-confidence, loneliness and many more. People may use drugs in order to cope up with:
- Physical and emotional pain.
- Uncomfortable thoughts
- Traumatic memories
- And many others
As the often usage of drugs causes major changes in brain and body and particularly it effects more brain than body. It is very difficult for the person who is addicted to stop using them and start a normal life. Medical treatments and behavioral therapies are conducted around the world to help the people manage these diseases. As we know that our whole-body system is the combination of body, brain and spirit. Body and brain can be cured by these medical treatments and therapies but the spirit cannot. So, these types of patients need a good company so that they can forget all those bad memories and start leading a normal life with normal people around them. Psychological effects also play an important role in drug usage and addiction. Sometimes due to the early life happenings and behaviors people and especially teenagers start using them. Some special supplemental nutrition programs for women, teenagers and men are to be conducted to reduce these issues which are increasing day by day in our lives.
Statistics regarding Drug Use:
Statistics shows that 15 to 25 years of people are more prone towards drugs. Approximately one-third of the people between the age of 14 to 20 use drugs once in life just to have some pleasure or by being inspired from their fellow ones. Most common drug which is used by youngsters is Marijuana. Different people have different views about drug use. Some people thought that it is a problem, while other’s opinion is somewhat different they take it as addiction. Some of the experimental results shows that:
a. One or two people out of all the population take drugs for curiosity.
b. Some people use drugs in different occasions. Government must ban these harmful things in occasions so that people become secured from these harmful products.
c. Some students take drugs in order to stay awake. Like they have some assignments and projects pending so in order to complete them they use these products.
There are many of the professionals who conducted seminars and walks to spread awareness against this bad thing. A lot of books and speeches are available on bookshops, libraries and even on google. People have to follow the guidelines which are developed by an expert panel. As we discussed the effect of drugs on teenagers and old ages. The effect of drugs on children is more worse than them. If a child is more prone to an environment in which drug usage is high than it also has worse effects on his/her brain and body. Like if father use drugs than children are more prone to them and in their initial life they start using them. It is important that all the supermarkets banned all those products who has alcohol content either high or low.
Normalized Nutritional Behaviors:
- Diet quality and proper quantity
- Involve in health activities
- Aim of giving awareness
a. To empower parents.
b. To avoid withdrawals.
c. To overcome the illness.
Conclusion:
At the end I just want to say health is wealth. All the pleasure is only achieved by using drugs and other harmful acts. Healthy food leads to a better life style. Prevention from drugs leads to low stress, anxiety and depression. We have to increase the manpower and also create effective laws to stop this. The main target should be the user, people must talk with the users and try to turn their behavior and thoughts towards healthy activities. Parents must have an eye on their children and watch their activities. And if they feel something different in their children immediately consult doctor and try to change their social circle.
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