According to Word Health Organization (WHO) the drugs are such substances which being taken changes the normal behavior of a living being.

Drugs are called the narcotics in general term. Continuous drug taking leads a person to such a situation when a mental and physical relation develops with the drugs and without taking drugs they feel problems, and that is called drug addiction. The important drugs which create addiction are opium and opium products, heroin, wine, pathidrin, barbiturate, cocaine, vung, choros, marijuana and LSD etc. Among them heroin is the most harmful. A man can be drug addicted for different cause e.g. curiosity, bad company, trying to remove depression, to get relief from mental stress, to make oneself more active, family feud and family habit and so on. If any parents are addicted to drug there is a possibility of drug addiction for the children.

Symptoms of Drug addiction

There are some symptoms of an addicted person. These symptoms are not generally seen in a normal person. Important symptoms are-

(i) Less attraction for food (ii) untidiness (iii) hazy vision and red eyes (iv) indifference to everything and disturbances in sleep (v) laziness and depression (vi) too much sweating (vii) getting away from others (viii) anxiety and tension (ix) less attentive, stealing money and other things from the home.

Personal willingness or unwillingness certainly plays the most vital role in making an individual addicted to drugs. However, social and environmental influences are also instrumental in creating attraction for drugs among people.

The causes of drug addiction are mentioned in the table below:

Environmental causes

i) Availability of drug

ii) Unemployment

iii) Unsocial environment

iv) Drop out from school.

v) Watching cinema or TV serial

vi) Drug business in the surrounding areas

Family causes

i) Lack of control of parents

ii) Depression

iii) Loneliness

iv) Indulgence in desperate behavior of children.

v) Detachment from family.

vii) Professional cause

viii) Living in the place where unsocial work or crime take place frequently

ix) Living in a place where opportunity to take drugs is rampant or where a group of addicts stay

vi) Carelessness to children.

(vii) Rough and violent livelihood or mentality

viii) Bad company.

Control of Drug Addition

It is very difficult to stop drug addiction. Because a drug addict knows the destructive effects of drugs but cannot abstain from taking it. Drug addiction can be decreased by treatment, but in this case the role of addicted person is very important. The person should be admitted to drug cure center or hospital and treatment should be done very sympathetically. At first the addicted person should be kept away from his addicted friends. He should be marked so that drugs cannot come to his reach. Then he needs mental treatment so that he can forget the drug. For this he needs to get involved in a particular work. Drug addiction cannot be stopped suddenly. At first less amount of drug should be given to the addict for some days and then gradually giving drugs can be stopped. In this way, the bad effect of sudden stop of giving drugs can be decreased. Nerve relaxing medicines and sleeping pills can decrease the disturbance in sleep, anxiety and repulsive nature.

Drug addiction is not only a personal problem but also a great family problem and disturbance. This problem is a barrier for development of society and country. Some dishonest people become rich by doing drug business, but on the other hand life of some people envelops in darkness. Talented students are spoiled and even die due to drug addiction. Social crimes also increase due to this. So, drug taking and its business should be strictly controlled. For controlling drug the role of law enforcing agencies e.g. the role of government is more effective than the personal or social institutes.

Social Attempts

1. Finding out the addicted persons and providing treatment to them.

2. Counseling for the addicts.

3. Rehabilitation of the addicted persons and getting them back to the normal stream of life.

Government Attempts

1. Banning of taking and selling drugs by taking strict legal measures. This law should be enforced strictly.

2. The bad effects of drug addiction should be circulated by the government and non-government media.

3. This is mentionable that there is drug control law in every country. If the law is strictly applied, the people and the country can be saved from the harmful effects of drugs.