It is sad but true that the number of drug addicts is increasing year by year despite all measures taken the goverment. Trying to cure addicts at rehabilitation centres and the mandatory death sentence for drug traffickers seem not to have much effect on the worsening situation. Whth drug taking on the rise, the country loses out in many ways.

The first evil of taking drugs has to do with money. A drug addict spends all or almost all his money on drugs. The craving for drugs is so strong that overrides all other needs. So, a drug addict will willingly spend money on drugs but not on proper food, clothing or shelter. Without proper food, his health suffers. Without proper clothes, his private and professional image is downgraded. Heaven forbid that a drug addict should have be like putting them through living Hell. Another evil of taking drugs is that it will spoil the educational or professional career of the addict. If the addict is stilla student, his educational career is a good as if it has come to a halt. The student drug addict will lose all interest in his studies while he seeks his drug-created heaven every opportunity he gets. If the drug addict is already working, his performance at his job will almost certainly suffer. The addicted worker’s mind will be in a constant drug-induced haze. He will not be able to make good decisions and neither will he able to follow instructions correctly.

The other evil of drug-taking is that the drug addict may turn to crime to support his expensive habit. Drugs are not cheap and an addict usually has to spend on them each day. To get that much money, a drug addict usually has to turn to crime. He steals or robs. A female addict may turn to prostitution. So, a major reason for the rising crime rate is the increase in the number of drug addicts.

Taking drugs also spoils the addict’s health and shortens his life. Drug addicts usually do not care much about food. Or, they may have spent so much of their money on drugs that they have little left for food. So, they are undernourished. Another way drug addicts spoil their health is that they usually share hypodermic needles. That is why AIDS spreads like wildfire among drug-users.

What I have just written is about the evils of drug-taking. To those who are thinking of starting, my unequivocal advice is “Don’t!”