A drug is a chemical substance that changes the way our body works. When a pharmaceutical preparation or naturally occurring substance is used primarily to bring about a change in some existing process or state , it can be called a drug.

Drugs make us a puppet. Drug addiction is a road that leads nowhere. Man has advanced manifold in all spheres. He has even reached the moon and depths of the ocean but the same man has fallen victim to clutches of science-like the drugs.

Today , drugs have become rampant world over and unfortunately , it is the younger generation , who constitute the future , have addicted themselves to drugs. What is the reason behind these youths  becoming drug addicts?

Well , the reasons are many. Some say that they want to forget , at least for some time that they are failures in life. Others say that drugs give them a momentary happiness. They regard the drugs as a stress buster. But all these excuses are illogical and insufficient. It is sheer escape-ism. They are running away from their responsibilities. Drugs are like that spider that throttles the basic character of the youth , both physically as well as morally. Every time a drug goes into a person , something else is forced out like love , hope , trust and confidence. A drug addict is a shameful example of humanity caught in the clutches of temptation.

A junkie commits every possible misdeed to get his daily dose like deceiving , lying and robbing his family thus becoming a real social nuisance. Some people consider drugs to be a fashion statement , to look cool and to be in the in-group which is the weirdest reason possible. An estimated 255 million people are dependent on drugs. On an average 21 million try them each day and another hundred of thousands are under going treatment for addiction. They include females and youngsters under the age of eighteen. Marijuana , cocaine , brown sugar , pain relievers are leading drugs of abuse.

We the youth have to find the solution ourselves. The time has arrived when there is a dire necessity.  For each one of us to march ahead with determination and destroy this man-made monster. Drugs are a dead end.

SAY NO THE FIRST TIME AND EVERY TIME