Anita's views on the dangers of drugs in Nepal

Anita Budhatoki is one of our class 10 students this year. I asked her to write about a topic which she felt passionate about. Below she shares her views on the problems of drugs with youth today.

People of our society are of different kinds and their attitudes are also different. Some people are greedy, some are nervous, some are in tension and some are even involved in drugs. I think drugs are not good in everything. Drugs are substances which make our body weak and even it can harm our nervous system. Drugs are also illegal in our country. People take drugs in different ways. Some take drugs to relax themselves and to be free from tension. Drugs are also one kind of medicine which fight against diseases.

This problem can be seen in the whole world, not just in Nepal. Mostly we can see that the youth of today are taking drugs. Drugs like: smoking, tobacco, injection, cocaine, heroin etc are some of the examples of harmful drugs. Youth of today are taking drugs as fashion also. We can see the youth of today are involved in drugs so they are more involved in social crime. People get involved into drugs due to peer influence. Drug abuse has been one of the social problems in our country. Many people take drugs due to following reasons:                                                                                                               

1.    Tension and stress

2.    Poverty

3.    Lack of care of parents and teachers etc

4.    To imitate others

People can suffer a lot after taking drugs. They may have the health problems and have to waste a lot of money. The families of people who take drugs often lose their prestige in society. If the youth of today are involved in drugs then who are the nation developers? If youth of today are involved in such crimes then we cannot imagine our country with peace. The world is not afraid of violence of bad people but afraid of the people who don’t speak against violence of bad people. So to control drug abuse we should stop them from taking drugs. Following things can be done to control drug abuse in our society as well as in the country:

1) Giving proper counselling to youth about the dangers of drugs.                                       

2) Establishing rehabilitation centres.

3) Involving youth in creative works, sports, volunteers etc. 

4)Avoiding company of bad friends.

5)    Conducting awareness programs related to drugs for all youth.

If today’s youth are good then coming youth will be better. So, not only students but parents should also look and care after their children. Not only in home but in everywhere they support and encourage their children in good things. Students and youth of today should not copy the bad attitudes of their friends but instead they should copy good behaviour and should have feeling of national pride. So in my view we should say no to drugs and say yes to a happy and healthy life.