Drug Abuse Alarmingly Rising
Devastating consequences of drug addiction
Muhammad Masud Rana, Banani, Dhaka (November 16, 2019)
The number of drug addicts in our country is increasing day by day. It is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to the crime. Most of them are unemployed and frustrated youths, coming of noble families. They have become a great headache to their parents. The addiction substances such as alcohol, marijuana and nicotine also are considered as drugs. It is reported that a number of youths belonging to the respectable families have already gone astray owing to the fatal trap of drugs. They do not feel hesitant to commit any crime like robbery, snatching, kidnapping, even killing just to collect money to buy harmful drugs. Taking harmful drugs, they cause great harm to their bodies. They create disturbance not only in their own family but also in a society. Social stability is hampered by them. As they lose morality, they do not feel bad to tease girls or woman and even to rape them.
According to the dependable sources, most of the cities and towns of our country have become the crime zone. Specially the slum areas are the sanctuary of the drag businessman and the addicted. Consequently, people cannot sleep opening their windows, Passersby don't feel secured at night, because the addicts disturb them and snatch their belongings.
By a research group, the link between street crimes and drugs has been established in a study conducted in USA. This is undeniably true that, drug addiction in the country is a time bomb that is ticking and will explode in our country unless it addressed right now.
The government of our country must not only promise but also implement the massive drug education campaign and nationwide drive for drug-free parks, hotels, market places and last of all the schools. Government should take necessary measures to stop drug trafficking and help the addicted youths to come back to normal life.
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