Opinion | Need for Eradication of Drug Abuse in Society 

Drugs are one of the main problems behind kidnappings, murders of close relatives, loss of dignity, loss of personality, and loss of health. Drugs can cause lethal health-related diseases like cancer in various body organs. Those who are addicted to drugs are at high risk of heart attacks, stomach aches, etc. Drug addiction in our society has spread various evils among the youth. Drugs are not just substances that are taken as pain relievers or at the urging of drug addicts. Drugs are very dreadful for our health as well as our wealth.

Drug addiction always leads you towards destruction and makes you sick and a negative thinker. Drug addiction among youth has created various serious issues in society. Drugs should be eradicated from society. It hardly matters how hard we have to go through because we want change, we are concerned about our youth, and we are the group that can change our society. It is everyone’s responsibility to eradicate drug addiction from our society at any cost. This is very alarming for the whole fraternity in our country, as drug-addicted youths are taking dreadful steps to fulfil their urge for drugs. Drugs may lead us into dark and destructive ways.
What are drugs?
Drugs we use are for the treatment of various health-related ailments prescribed by specialist doctors, but at the same time, some drugs are very dreadful and taken by some individuals as their own choice, or they are taking them for their own pleasure or false happiness. Drugs like cocaine, brown sugar, cannabis, etc. are very dreadful and can cause serious problems in society. Nowadays, our school-going students are getting involved in such drug addiction, which may lead to the destruction of our society in the future. So we have to identify all the related ailments and prioritise their redress so that our young buds can stay in an environment where they can spend their time as they deserve. Drug addiction has been on the rise in the Kashmir Valley over the last few years. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment stated that approximately one million individuals in the union territory were grappling with substance abuse.
How drug addiction rapidly increases in Kashmir
There may be some certain reasons behind this curse in our society, like the environment where such drug addiction cases are being reported, like the involvement of friends, siblings, etc., unnecessary stress, a lack of proper counselling among the youth, or not attending such anti-drug use programmes that may lead them into this evil and lead to immense destruction in their lives in many ways, like losing their health and wealth in a very short span of time after using such a dreadful substance without caring for their life or family.
Availability of drugs involving a bulk number of youths towards drug addiction.
As we are experiencing every day in different areas, drug peddlers are being arrested and dragged behind bars under legal acts. The police and other agencies in Kashmir are doing their best to eradicate the curse of drug addiction among the youth. Every official at higher levels in the administrative department is very concerned regarding the youth who are involved in drug addiction. Crackdowns against the drug peddlers and the channels are being seized to some extent, but we have to go very hard, and stringent punishments should be given to those who are playing and destroying our young buds, who are our future and who will lead us towards success in all fields like science and technology, upliftment of the economic sector, and provide us with great, proud, and praise-making heights.
How to eradicate drug addiction in our society
There are a number of effective and useful ways by which we can take part in and eradicate drug addiction to some extent in our society, such as:
Parental/sibling/relative care: parental care is crucial for school-going and college-going children. Parents should keep an eye on each and every activity of their ward and know their needs, as well as where and with whom they spend their free time while away from their parents. Parents should visit school and college at least once a month, meet with teacher’s school, college, and tuition centre teachers, and know the status of their school attendance. Parental care can stop and nourish our young buds to a very impressive extent and will provide us with sleepful and painless nights. Parents should know their friends and check their pockets occasionally. If they have any doubts about whether their children are getting involved, they should go to counselling centres.
Every month, counselling programmes should be held in schools, colleges, and various other institutes, and trained and experienced experts should be engaged in this drive. Student counselling is very important at every level. Posters with written consequences of drug use should be displayed in central places: outside, inside the school, and in the college vicinity.
Attract your children towards sports activities like football, cricket, and gym centres; encourage their talent instead of forcing them to study for the whole day; let your child join a sophisticated and professional sport they like most.
Gym centres and bodybuilding can reduce the urge for drug addiction among youth. Bodybuilding is just an addiction where a simple and weak individual can enhance his or her personality and get indulged by gaining real and useful mass on their weak parts. So far as my opinion is concerned, body building, sports activities, good company, and cycling will keep us away from drug addiction and its lethal and dreadful results.
Suggestion: Say no to drugs; always try to keep your family happy; take care of your health; never compromise your health; keep your dignity; keep your parents proud of you; stay away from those who are taking drugs; advise them to quit drug addiction as it is a very life-destroying and life-taking habit. Stay happy, stay safe, and stay healthy.

– The writer a resident of RAIYAR-ICH can be reached at sahilmanzoor0401@gmail.com