BEWARE: 7 reasons why a drug addict teenager is not just a threat to his own life, but to society!
Apr 12, 2016, 13:04 IST
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This is not to say that merely drinking caused someone to rape a woman, or kill someone. But the criminal mind who is gripped by the power of drugs can do far worse to humanity than he would without being on drug dose.
Dr Vipul Rastogi, Psychiatrist at Medanta hospital, says such people are usually not in control of their actions. Imagine the eventuality if these people are allowed to roam the streets freely!
They pose a threat to their own lives, and that’s by choice, but they pose a bigger threat to society. Here’s how:
1) Children, between the age of 16-17 years, using injectible drugs are exposing themselves to a life of crime, antisocial behaviour and severe drug abuse 2) These drugs do not come cheap, so either their parents are giving them lots of money without accounting in their expenditure patterns or worse they are stealing from their own homes to fund their habits, that is going completely unnoticed by their parents/relatives. 3) All these children are appearing for final board exams and with not much regard for them, one wonders what life has in store for them 4) Injectible drug use without proper care or awareness ie – sharing needles can lead to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne infections 5) Faulty use can lead to clotting in blood and can be life threatening because of the clot traveling to the brain, heart and lungs 6) The mental illnesses that can develop because of substance abuse range from minor anxiety, depression to severe illnesses like Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc. 7) If they are driving under the influence of drugs then they are a risk to other people on the road.
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