On 26th June, the
world will commemorate the international day against drug abuse and
illegitimate trafficking, which serves as a reminder of the need to combat the
problems illegitimate drugs pose to society. Everyone has their own story of
overcoming heartbreaks, sorrows, and their own ways to find escapism from the
various tensions and life struggles. And other might have set a perception of
taking drugs as a fun or style statement.
But are we actually heading to
the right direction? The young generation or the people who are doing
illegitimate trafficking of drugs amongst college students or teenagers to
create such misconceptions in their mind should be strongly looking after and
government should take serious action on such illicit trafficking.
In a survey, we got to know that
in one week teenagers spend 31 hours watching TV, 17 hours listening to music,
3 hours watching movies, 4 hours reading magazines, 10 hours online. And rest
the time they go to college, go out with friends, and meet numerous people outside. What they watch, whom they meet, what kind of
friend circle they have, what are they learning is actually a very serious
question to look after. And no one can do it better except parents. Now how
they should do it is again a serious question. Parents should have friendly
conversation with youngsters or teenagers, should show very understanding behavior
towards them, and should share their personal concerns and problems with them
so that the teenagers can come up frankly to discuss their life’s issues and
concerns.
Most of the girls have been
noticed being addicted to drugs, when researchers compared cocaine using men
and women, they found much greater neural activation in the drug-seeking brain
regions of women during social stress (things like exclusion, being put down,
and such) than were found for men or for women who didn’t use drugs. Many girls
reported that they were introduced to alcohol and drugs use by their
boyfriends, with drinking as part of their first sexual experience. Women feel
addiction of alcohol sooner than the mail and some may go on to become
addicted.
Youngster are becoming more
addicted to alcohol and drugs to maintain their status, whereas, for women, it
is a way of coping, of masking a woman’s feeling about herself and her
emotional pain.
We are losing whole segment of
our population to misguided beliefs and stigmas. Spread awareness and education
about the effects of alcohol and drug addiction and bring a positive change in
our society. Being drug addict or alcoholic is nowhere a status symbol. And
escapism is never a good idea, so face the problems, meditate to keep your mind
calm and to keep your thoughts in right flow.
Your body, your life, your brain,
your relationships, your health is truly a gift by God. Don’t ruin it with such
addictions. Don’t become bad with your bad friend circle but educate them and
take them on a right path. Be the change and create the change and then
transform the world. AK Mishra’s Art of Success wishes you all happy international
day against drug abuse. Get out of the conventional boundaries and raise your
voice against illegitimate trafficking of drugs.