Drugs addiction

How many people die every year from using drugs? What are the effects of drug use? As is well known, many people know more about drugs than they would like. In fact, there are many uses of drugs in our world. Drugs can benefit people when they are used as medicine for sick people. A good example of this would be when sedation is used in order to operate on a person. More often than not, however, drugs are used by people in a negative way, which often leads to addiction, which causes them to spend much of their money.
A person who is addicted to drugs will face many problems. There are three essential effects of drugs addiction. First, there is a negative effect on the addicted person's life; second is the effect on the addicted person's family, while the third and final effect is the negative effect on society as a whole.
First, the main effect is on the addicted person. Drugs users feel that drugs are their only way to escape from their problems. Most adults or teenagers who use drug believe that drugs give them a powerful feeling, such as the feeling of being in control of their life. So, they think drugs will be a good choice to help them forget their pain. In fact, they don’t know that their problems will not go away by using drugs, but will only disappear for a short period of time because the brain will believe that everything is going well, when it is not (D’Angelo, 2004). This is not only common for people using illegal drugs, but also for people using drugs their doctor prescribes to them, like adderol (Kahn, 2003). For instance, while the addicted person is using the drug, he could feel very happy and laugh a lot, but when he wakes up he will have to face the problem again. For example, when the addict person woke up, absolutely he will find him self very tired. More recently, it has been shown that cocaine causes problems with a person’s ability to react in certain situations, as well as cause their temperature to rise (Medical Letter on the FDA & CDC, 2006). In addition, drugs have a terrible effect on the user’s reputation which means that drug users will face many problems in their community. For example, many people in the neighborhood will avoid being in contact with drug users. While addicts are not respected by other people, they don't respect themselves in the first place.
Secondly, the most common effect that hurts users almost as much is the effect on the user’s family. As President Bush stated on August 25, 2006 “Alcohol and drug abuse disrupts families, threatens the safety of our neighborhoods, and ruins the lives of countless men, women, and youth.” This is especially painful whenever the drug user is a parent. Raising children is the parent’s main responsibility. According to Nelson, P (1989), “The drug abuse prevention community is now recognizing what family life educators and researchers have long known: families play a key role in developing resilient youth who can withstand pressures to become involved in unhealthy lifestyles.” (p. 310). A father using heroin which is really expensive drug wastes most of his money buying drugs and forgets that his children need his love and care. Also, using drugs destroys the families when the children see the parent using drugs because this makes the child feel that it is okay to repeat these actions.
Lastly, using drugs have a negative effect on society. For example, if several employees who are working in a big company use drugs this negatively effects the company and the economy. So much in life is laid in the hands of workers and if these workers use drugs, the economy will begin to slide. In fact, the economies of any country depend on the people who work in it. Legal drugs, too, would hurt the society because of how it would affect the poor. A good example of this would be the Netherlands which legalized the use of drugs. The Netherlands, like any society, has many poor people. However, unlike other societies, it is legal for these poor people to spend their money on drugs. In addition, legal drug might raise the amount of crime in the society. For example, people who smoke hashish might lose their mind so that they may commit a crime. In fact, there are many kind of drug which makes users lose their mind such as, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol. Also, there is relationship between mental disorder and criminal offenses that many societies face in this live.
Although drug users may feel powerful and free by using drugs, this does not negate the fact that raising children is essential for a healthy society, and legalizing drugs would be detrimental to the poor in society. As demonstrated, the three most important effects would be the effects on the addicted person, the effect on that person's family, and its negative effects on society as a whole. Drug use is a very important issue that must be discussed. Educating people on its negative effects will benefit all people.

Work cited
Bush, George W. (August 26, 2005). Proclamation that National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Month will have the theme: “Join the Voices for Recovery: Build a Stronger, Healthier Community.”
D’Angelo, Laura. (April 26, 2004). “Brain change: Two very different ways.” Science World, 60, 13.
Kahn, Mahvish. (July 7, 2003). “Drugs used by college students to enhance studying draw concern.” Knight Ridder Tribune, 1.
Medical Letter on the FDA & CDC. (October 29, 2006). 12.