Drugs have been used for medical purposes since time immemorial. But these days drugs and narcotics are being used freely by people all over the world. The abuse of narcotics has caused wide spread concern in all the nations of the world.
The number of people using opium, cocaine, charas, sedatives and other narcotics has surpassed all dimensions. Thus the abuse of drugs has become an international problem. In India their number has been increasing at an alarming rate. Its use has gripped many young men and women. It cripples the addict's mental and physical organs and causes pain to him and his family. Mostly it is the younger generation that fall prey to it.
The coming generation is thus crippled by the rampant abuse of drugs. The addicts become immoral and commit crimes of various forms in order to get drugs. They lose their conscience, self-control, will power and memory. They indulge in anti-social activities, which in turn stamp them as out castes in the society.
Eventually, the abuse of drugs hastens their untimely death if not checked in time. More than 80 per cent heroine addicts in India are in the age - group of 12-25 years. The abuse of drugs has been found mostly in the urban centers of our country.
There are several reasons for taking to a drug habit. In order to become modern, students with heavy purses take to drug habit. When their money is spent they spread its use among others, some youth take drugs to overcome frustration in life. Some children take to drugs because their parents often quarrel at home. There are scores of other factors which lead to children with drug addictions. They try to ape the Western youth who have fallen prey to drug addiction.
Now and then we read in the newspapers about the capture of various intoxicants by the police raids. This shows how much the use of drugs has