http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/us/06abuse.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
According to a survey provided by a mental healthcare center on BBC News the 28 of April, 2008, self-harming is increasing among teenagers and adolescents either with means of punching themselves, burning, or self-poisoning. Alcohol, drugs, marijuana, cocaine and so many other types of plants are also other examples of addiction among both youth and adults. As for the reasons, national statistics show that violence, theft, child abuse, prostitution, divorce, job performance and accidents are most susceptible to drugs and addiction in its various aspects. The big question however, is how to fight the war on this “addiction”? Accordingly, are rehab centers enough? Are solving addiction programs as scattered everywhere in the world efficient? And if I should give up the drug that was once prescribed by the doctor, for fear I should be addicted to it, how about my intense perpetual pain? In sum is there really any effective means to win the war?
I think that whether a teen, an adult or an old, the main reasons for drug addiction are not drugs but how these drugs are provided or founded. Similarly, the main reasons behind addiction to self-harming are not due to social troubles, for these may happen to anyone, but to the one who shows these ways of destroying the body? The problem could not end unless its roots are eradicated. It might be a crazy for some people if one suggests stopping alcohol production or marijuana implantation. It might be offensive for some doctors to suggest using Chinese methods or psychological therapy instead of prescribing drugs that are apt to lead to addiction. And, it might be weird to suggest forcing a strong family control on teenagers or adults who are in a stressful period. Yet, as far as I am concerned these are the initial ways to prevent depressive people from falling into addiction abyss. Otherwise, some medical treatment might be efficient as well as some educational programs but, they could never solve the addiction problem as long as possibilities to be addicted are available.
According to a survey provided by a mental healthcare center on BBC News the 28 of April, 2008, self-harming is increasing among teenagers and adolescents either with means of punching themselves, burning, or self-poisoning. Alcohol, drugs, marijuana, cocaine and so many other types of plants are also other examples of addiction among both youth and adults. As for the reasons, national statistics show that violence, theft, child abuse, prostitution, divorce, job performance and accidents are most susceptible to drugs and addiction in its various aspects. The big question however, is how to fight the war on this “addiction”? Accordingly, are rehab centers enough? Are solving addiction programs as scattered everywhere in the world efficient? And if I should give up the drug that was once prescribed by the doctor, for fear I should be addicted to it, how about my intense perpetual pain? In sum is there really any effective means to win the war?
I think that whether a teen, an adult or an old, the main reasons for drug addiction are not drugs but how these drugs are provided or founded. Similarly, the main reasons behind addiction to self-harming are not due to social troubles, for these may happen to anyone, but to the one who shows these ways of destroying the body? The problem could not end unless its roots are eradicated. It might be a crazy for some people if one suggests stopping alcohol production or marijuana implantation. It might be offensive for some doctors to suggest using Chinese methods or psychological therapy instead of prescribing drugs that are apt to lead to addiction. And, it might be weird to suggest forcing a strong family control on teenagers or adults who are in a stressful period. Yet, as far as I am concerned these are the initial ways to prevent depressive people from falling into addiction abyss. Otherwise, some medical treatment might be efficient as well as some educational programs but, they could never solve the addiction problem as long as possibilities to be addicted are available.
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