"YOUTHS SAY NO TO ILLICIT DRUGS”
An article by Chukwuebuka Abazie
Few people deny the dangers of drug use, while many teens are curious about drugs. Youths are encouraged to stay away from drugs because drugs affect our health, lead to academic failure and jeopardize safety. Drugs have always been used over a long period of time in many countries. The concentration of drugs has increased from late 1960’s and 1970’s. Drugs can quickly takeover our lives. Friends and acquaintance have the greatest influence of using drugs during adolescence.
Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person's body or mind works. Drugs are not good for health as they have many side effects and damage our brain, heart and other important organs. Drug is a depressant that slows down the functions of the central nervous system. Some of the illegal drugs are marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, LSD, crystal meth and heroin.
Drugs are consumed in different ways, by inhaling, oral ingestion, injecting, applying on skin, and smoking. When a person is addicted to a drug, the drug becomes so important that the person cannot manage without it.
Drug distracts the user’s attention leading to academic failure and poor social skills. Stress plays a major role in drug use and continuing drug abuse. It also creates problems in families, schools and among friends. The person’s reflexes will become slower; they will have trouble working and doing things which require any physical or mental coordination. In spite of knowing the harmful effects of drugs, people spend lots of money and consume them to forget their worries and sorrows and to seek happiness. Once a person is addicted, it is very hard to stop taking drugs.
Drugs get us involved in many illegal activities such as crime, theft, etc. It leads to sexual assault and accidents. Young people use drugs out of curiosity, peer pressure, boredom or financial problems, while some do it for sheer pleasure. The person’s behavior tends towards self-destructive activities and it often becomes harder for him/her to think clear.
So I’ll say:
Drugs destroy lives and communities, undermine sustainable
human development and generate crime. Drugs affect all
sectors of society in all countries; in particular, drug abuse
affects the freedom and development of young people, the
world’s most valuable asset”
YOUTHS; STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS!!!
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