Arooj Baig
According to few formal and informal researches and surveys a worst findings has become to our ken. That is increasing trend of drugs among the students which is reaching on a perilous point. The growing trend of drug abuse in educational institutions has posed a serious threat to the lives and health of students as the college and university students use drugs freely and openly in the campuses. Unluckily and awful to know from few of them who are not guilty on their act but they say that they use drug like (cigarettes, Gutka or ice) because it is in trend or fashion of the time so what is bad if we use these drugs. And now this curse trend among the youngsters is not limited only to college or university students but also school going children getting prone to this menace. In few places they are also observed using drugs very proudly.
`Drug abuse jeopardizes students’ health both physically and mentally, because of which they cannot concentrate on their studies. The widespread availability of drugs in Pakistan is making souls of youth lifeless and it is need of the hour to come up with effective measures to curb this menace.
As this is very known to everyone that a nation stands on the power of its youth. Youngsters of any society are considered representative of that very nation. It works as a strength and pride of any nation. There should be awareness campaigns in educational institutes to tell them the hazardous harms of drug addictions. Medical experts and anti-narcotics authorities should combinly do awareness to let them know that how drug addiction is affecting them physically as well as mentally as drug addicts’ start losing their memory. They get vulnerable to many dangerous diseases and disorders. (Lungs diseases. Scabs, slurred speech, short breath, runny nose, heart attack and acute physically weakness) they loss their concentration in studies and get most of the time drowsy and get sluggish and dumb.
They are not only harming themselves but also their families. This addiction of such substances will lead them to death.
Firstly, let me discuss here some possible causes that why our youngsters are getting inclined to drug addiction on such a dangerous level.
Some experts or psychiatrist says that most commonly people who uses more drugs is due to depression and anxiety. To kill that anxiety and depression they opt the way of addiction to get relaxed after using any drug.
Secondly, relationship breakups and love failure youth don’t absorbs the situations. Then they choose such negative way of life and also become escapists. They don’t use their capacities to rebounce towards a healthy and positive life. They start drug addiction, have company with bad souls and start many more such negative and harmful activities.
Third type of drug addicts are those who learn by their elders while observing them smoking or using drugs. Then they don’t feel reluctant to opt the same way. Initially they will do it secretly but later on they openly do the same, how they have seen their elders doing.
Fourth type of people are those who follow the trends either it is bad or good. As I have mentioned above that many of the youngsters are using drugs as a fashion or trend and they do not even know that how much they become harmful by opting such evil fashion.
According to a recent report a newly introduced drug named as ‘ICE’ is heavily used by our youngsters. Considering it less harmful many of the people are using this drug. But unfortunately this ice has affected our youth very much even till death. This would not be wrong to say that this drug is ,flavored death, and people are not aware of about flavored poisons.
Pop culture has thrown the society to run after baseless and purposeless life. Putting behind the real needs of life, people are more interested in acquiring false needs and lavishness. Charisma, charms, glamour, artificial things and way of life have captured the minds of society. We have forgotten our real purpose and needs of the life.
Now coming to the point that is need of the time to seriously consider and ponder upon, is this how we can cope and curb this evil from the root to save our youth.
First of all this is appeal before the present government to take serious notice of this prevailing issue as well as devise some policies to eradicate this issue. This would not be wrong at all if our government strictly ban the any of supply of these drugs. They should design teams who go to all points where these substances are being sold and make sanctions for all of them who are seen involved in such activity. Cigarette, Gutka, Ice, electric siggarette, opium and alchohol etc, must be banned strictly.
Secondly. In all educational institutes either school or colleges/universities there should be cameras for the surveillance to monitor the activities of students in campuses. And if students are caught while using drugs they must be strictly punished and exempt from the institute.
Furthermore, there should be rehabilitation centers for those who are addicted but want to get rid of it and want to enjoy a real bliss of life. In rehabilitation centers they will be treated both pharmacologically and psychologically. They will help them to detoxify and make them able to live without drug substances.
