In recent times drug addiction in India has assumed menacing proportion and the evil is in increasing by leaps and bounds. It is widespread in the hostels and universities and technical and professional institutes in the country. Charas, ganja, heroin, smack or brown sugar 'bhang' and even 'LSD' are in great demand and are purchased at exhorbitant prices.
Taking of drug is a great evil. A number of causes are responsible for the evil. In many homes, growing boys and girls do not get the love, care and attention which they should receive at this stage. Often both the father and mother are in service and consequently have no time to look after their children. In other cases the husband and wife are not in good terms with each other. They often quarrel, the quarrels increase in intensity and violence, and life in the home becomes most unhappy and unpleasant. Such quarrels may lead to even divorce and the breaking up of family. In still other cases, the father remains busy in his business or office work and the mother remains too busy in her own social life to look after the children. The result is that young people in such homes feel lonely and neglected. They feel frustrated. Deprived totally of parental love and affection, they seek consolation elsewhere. They go astray. Their so called friends who are themselves drug addicts, mislead them and induce them, at least to have taste of it. The drug sellers fully exploit them. Drugs are in the beginning provided to them quiet cheap, but the price goes on increasing as the evil habit takes hold of them and they can no longer do without drugs.
Drug addiction is an acute problem which has defied all efforts and its solution so far. The drug addict cannot do without drugs even for a short while. and the habit goes on increasing and soon the addict find himself a helpless victim of this degrading habit. He must get his dose of it at the fixed time and if he does not get it, he weeps and cries, and becomes incapable of the least movement. The result is that he borrows money, or he steals it from his own home or from any other place which may be within his reach.He or she is exploited in various ways by their so called friends or the sellers of these vicious drugs. The drug addict steal and quarrel with their parents and other members of the family so much so that the life in the house becomes a hell. Often the evil results in suicide and the ruin of the whole family. The only beneficiary are the vendors of these drugs. They thrive while the victims perish.
Total eradication of the evil is the urgent need of the hour and fight against it must be undertaken on a war footing and on a number of fronts. Public opinion must be created against it and the different media of the communication- the press, the radio, television, the cinema, the public platform and the class room must be pressed into service to combat this evil. In this way the people, more particularly the youth must be made aware of the evil consequences of this habit. They must be made to realise that the friends who initiated them into this evil practice are not their friends but their enemies.They exploit them for their own nefarious ends.
Secondly their must be a concentrated drive against smugglers who smuggle these drugs into the country and made huge profits by selling them to unlucky, helpless victims. Thirdly de-addiction centres must be established in all major cities where the victims of this vicious practice may be treated and gradually weaned away from it. The drug addicts needs sympathy and an understanding of their problems. They should be treated as essentially sick people and not condemned as wicked criminals. Change in social attitudes is also essential for successfully tackling the problem.
We are glad to note that the government if fully alive to the urgency of this problem. Mass media has already begun to stress this problem and form public opinion against it. Programs aim at the eradication of this evil are televised frequently. The drive against these smugglers and the vendors of these drugs has been intensified and huge quantities are being seized particularly every day. De- addiction centres for the treatment of these helpless people have already been established in cities like Delhi, and it is hoped that more and more areas would soon have such centres. The fight against this social evil has begun and its eradication is a matter of time only.
Taking of drug is a great evil. A number of causes are responsible for the evil. In many homes, growing boys and girls do not get the love, care and attention which they should receive at this stage. Often both the father and mother are in service and consequently have no time to look after their children. In other cases the husband and wife are not in good terms with each other. They often quarrel, the quarrels increase in intensity and violence, and life in the home becomes most unhappy and unpleasant. Such quarrels may lead to even divorce and the breaking up of family. In still other cases, the father remains busy in his business or office work and the mother remains too busy in her own social life to look after the children. The result is that young people in such homes feel lonely and neglected. They feel frustrated. Deprived totally of parental love and affection, they seek consolation elsewhere. They go astray. Their so called friends who are themselves drug addicts, mislead them and induce them, at least to have taste of it. The drug sellers fully exploit them. Drugs are in the beginning provided to them quiet cheap, but the price goes on increasing as the evil habit takes hold of them and they can no longer do without drugs.
Drug addiction is an acute problem which has defied all efforts and its solution so far. The drug addict cannot do without drugs even for a short while. and the habit goes on increasing and soon the addict find himself a helpless victim of this degrading habit. He must get his dose of it at the fixed time and if he does not get it, he weeps and cries, and becomes incapable of the least movement. The result is that he borrows money, or he steals it from his own home or from any other place which may be within his reach.He or she is exploited in various ways by their so called friends or the sellers of these vicious drugs. The drug addict steal and quarrel with their parents and other members of the family so much so that the life in the house becomes a hell. Often the evil results in suicide and the ruin of the whole family. The only beneficiary are the vendors of these drugs. They thrive while the victims perish.
Total eradication of the evil is the urgent need of the hour and fight against it must be undertaken on a war footing and on a number of fronts. Public opinion must be created against it and the different media of the communication- the press, the radio, television, the cinema, the public platform and the class room must be pressed into service to combat this evil. In this way the people, more particularly the youth must be made aware of the evil consequences of this habit. They must be made to realise that the friends who initiated them into this evil practice are not their friends but their enemies.They exploit them for their own nefarious ends.
Secondly their must be a concentrated drive against smugglers who smuggle these drugs into the country and made huge profits by selling them to unlucky, helpless victims. Thirdly de-addiction centres must be established in all major cities where the victims of this vicious practice may be treated and gradually weaned away from it. The drug addicts needs sympathy and an understanding of their problems. They should be treated as essentially sick people and not condemned as wicked criminals. Change in social attitudes is also essential for successfully tackling the problem.
We are glad to note that the government if fully alive to the urgency of this problem. Mass media has already begun to stress this problem and form public opinion against it. Programs aim at the eradication of this evil are televised frequently. The drive against these smugglers and the vendors of these drugs has been intensified and huge quantities are being seized particularly every day. De- addiction centres for the treatment of these helpless people have already been established in cities like Delhi, and it is hoped that more and more areas would soon have such centres. The fight against this social evil has begun and its eradication is a matter of time only.
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