Drug Abuse: A Vicious Cycle

Though the genetically inherited characteristic of a person determines most of the aspects of an individuals personality, however, the environment in which an individual is brought up and various other factors also influence the over all making of the personality of that very individual.

So men are not born with the habits to behave in such a manner that not only harms them but also disturbs the social peace of the society. Therefore, the environment and the various family situations along the inherited characteristic play a very important role in determining the behaviors and actions of an individual.

Life is not always same; it keeps on changing from time to time where the mental and emotional temperament of an individual seeks escape from these tensions and painful situations of life. Therefore, many individuals who are emotionally weak opt for substitutions that can make them feel relax at least for some time so they can ignore such things that really matter to them but at the same time hurt them.

Subsitute Addictions

Such substitutions are generally drugs, smoking and the use of alcohol. On the other hand, young children and teenagers get trapped into drugs and such vicious elements due to their immature psychology and physical as well as emotional frustration.

These teenagers either out of the family environment or due to the influence taken from the very environment or due to some physical frustration, which they undergo during their physical growth when human body undergoes various hormonal changes. These physical and hormonal changes basically evoke sexual desires that many teenagers are not able to understand. However, the various channels promoting different images regarding sexuality negatively impacts these teenagers as they are not yet mature and do not understand the uses and abuses of sexuality.

Therefore, either they start some physical activities or starts drugs, smoking or alcohol to attract opposite genders towards sexuality. They basically believe that such actions not only will give them a mature look but also a sexy appearance and help them relax emotionally for some time. However, with the passage of time, these teenagers get use to of these drugs and make them a habit, which eventually leads to addiction.

Therefore, drugs basically abuse human psychology and emotions as well as results into tremendous physical disasters. In order to understand the vicious cycle of drug abuse, we briefly need to look for some examples of drug abuses that leads to addictions. Basically nicotine, which is present in almost more then four thousand chemicals, is the root cause of addition. It is a very highly addictive drug, which directly affects the brain and harms the smoker individually.

Smoking Responsible For 30% Of All Cancer Deaths

According to a research by Dr Carl J Brandt, which is reviewed by Dr. Gavin Petrie, a consultant Chest physician in U.K and many researches conducted at various national as well as foreign medical research institutes including the NGO's, Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and around 400 toxic substances including tobacco, which as a result produces various poisons in the human body.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, smoking is responsible for 30% of all cancer deaths and is related to more than 85% of lung cancer cases. However at the same time all the people do not react equally to the 4,000 chemicals contained in cigarette smoke. People react differently depending upon there genetically and biological make up. At the same time the risk of lung cancer increases sharply depending upon how much and how long the smoker smokes. According to the Canadian Cancer Statistics 2003, the ratio to develop lung cancer in men is 1:11 and in women is 1:18.

Another research report of the Canadian Cancer Society gives us the percentage of people dying from coronary heart disease; the percentage of smokers is 70% greater then the non-smokers. However, people who are younger then 65, 45% men are captured by the coronary heart disease while in women 40% are at the risk of dying via coronary heart disease.

Therefore, the vicious cycle of drug abuse basically does not start from the first day to use but many important psychological as well as environmental factors. However, in this era of modernization and globalization, media can play a very positive role in shaping the very psychology of teenagers by educating them about the hazards of drugs and various addictions, which are caused due to the vicious cycle of drug abuse.

Media should produce such programs that make the after effects and drug abuses very transparent not only to the American generation but to the world at large, making it a priority like other humanitarian concerns.

On the other hand, families and educational institutes as well as professional environment can also play a very positive role in eliminating drug abuse from the society. Though it is not an easy task but slow and steady it can help saving, if not the present generation but the future generation from the immense repercussions of the vicious cycle of drug abuse.