Introduction
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to investigate drugs addiction in Bahrain. Recommendations were made with regard to young people for making them have full awareness about drugs addiction discussing in details the meaning of drugs, what makes young people try drugs,and how drugs affect
Terms of References
This report on drugs addiction was requested by Mohamed Ghazwan, English tutor from the CAP English Department at the Bahrain polytechnic.
Method
The information was found through a range of sources which included websites and general information about drug addiction particularly onyoung people.
Findings
The definition of drug:
Drugs are any chemical which people take that affect the human brain system. Heroin, Alcohol, Cocaine, and Hallucinogens are all drugs. In other words, a drug has the ability to get ahead of from the body into the brain. When it becomes surrounded by the brain, drugs can change the messages of brain cells that are shifting to each other, and to the all of the body. Drugs can make this by interrupting with the brain's own chemical signals. In general, drug word refers to chemical or plant took from chemical materials that affect behavioral, physical or psychological roles and guide to give variety to degrees of addiction or dependence. Additionally, the ancient Greeks assumed drugs designated both poison and medicine. In modern society, a drug is whatever takes in to cure any medical or psychological situation. (“What is a drug?”, 2004)
Reasons of why youth people use drugs:
Turning to the reasons of why young people use drugs.Some people take drugs because they think drugs will change what they feel. Sometimes young people especially, teenagers feel many negative feelings such as: depression, frustration, disappointment, pessimism, stressful and nervous. They want to change these feelings to positive feelings. They want to become happy and relax. Consequently, young people take drugs. Also, they often assume that they can be the person they want to be or change the situation they are being through by taking drugs. However, what some youth people assume is wrong and is not real. By taking drugs they no more than distorted for a little while. (“Drugs and their effects”, 2004)
Drugs effect on young people:
In general, the brain is extraordinarily fast and information comes quickly to a person who is trying to remember something. But using drugs will affect the brain system. Drugs make memory not clear and cause blank spot in brain. When person tries to get information blurry mess, he/she will not be able to do it. Furthermore, drugs cause youth people failure in their life because drugs make people feel slow and stupid. Accordingly, youth drug addicts might take drugs to feel happy but it has no use. In that case, drugs lift person into a not real kind of happiness, but when drugs fade he or she smashes even more than before. And every time, the emotional thrust is worse and worse. Admittedly, drugs will totally wipe out all the creativity young people have. (“Why Do People Take Drugs?”,2006)
Conclusion
To conclude, drugs addicts are not criminal people, they are sick and they need to be cured. People who are surround drugs addicts like family and friends most understand that drugs addicts are sick and they should treat addicts as sick people. In other words, drugs addicts need people to help them and stand by them to be cured.
Recommendation
Based on the findings above, recommendations can be made. To stop this situation in the society, government should:
References:
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to investigate drugs addiction in Bahrain. Recommendations were made with regard to young people for making them have full awareness about drugs addiction discussing in details the meaning of drugs, what makes young people try drugs,and how drugs affect
Terms of References
This report on drugs addiction was requested by Mohamed Ghazwan, English tutor from the CAP English Department at the Bahrain polytechnic.
Method
The information was found through a range of sources which included websites and general information about drug addiction particularly onyoung people.
Findings
The definition of drug:
Drugs are any chemical which people take that affect the human brain system. Heroin, Alcohol, Cocaine, and Hallucinogens are all drugs. In other words, a drug has the ability to get ahead of from the body into the brain. When it becomes surrounded by the brain, drugs can change the messages of brain cells that are shifting to each other, and to the all of the body. Drugs can make this by interrupting with the brain's own chemical signals. In general, drug word refers to chemical or plant took from chemical materials that affect behavioral, physical or psychological roles and guide to give variety to degrees of addiction or dependence. Additionally, the ancient Greeks assumed drugs designated both poison and medicine. In modern society, a drug is whatever takes in to cure any medical or psychological situation. (“What is a drug?”, 2004)
Reasons of why youth people use drugs:
Turning to the reasons of why young people use drugs.Some people take drugs because they think drugs will change what they feel. Sometimes young people especially, teenagers feel many negative feelings such as: depression, frustration, disappointment, pessimism, stressful and nervous. They want to change these feelings to positive feelings. They want to become happy and relax. Consequently, young people take drugs. Also, they often assume that they can be the person they want to be or change the situation they are being through by taking drugs. However, what some youth people assume is wrong and is not real. By taking drugs they no more than distorted for a little while. (“Drugs and their effects”, 2004)
Drugs effect on young people:
In general, the brain is extraordinarily fast and information comes quickly to a person who is trying to remember something. But using drugs will affect the brain system. Drugs make memory not clear and cause blank spot in brain. When person tries to get information blurry mess, he/she will not be able to do it. Furthermore, drugs cause youth people failure in their life because drugs make people feel slow and stupid. Accordingly, youth drug addicts might take drugs to feel happy but it has no use. In that case, drugs lift person into a not real kind of happiness, but when drugs fade he or she smashes even more than before. And every time, the emotional thrust is worse and worse. Admittedly, drugs will totally wipe out all the creativity young people have. (“Why Do People Take Drugs?”,2006)
Conclusion
To conclude, drugs addicts are not criminal people, they are sick and they need to be cured. People who are surround drugs addicts like family and friends most understand that drugs addicts are sick and they should treat addicts as sick people. In other words, drugs addicts need people to help them and stand by them to be cured.
Recommendation
Based on the findings above, recommendations can be made. To stop this situation in the society, government should:
- Make awareness campaign against drug on schools and universities.
- Change some laws. For example instead of arresting drugs addicts send them to drugs treatment program in psychiatry hospitals.
- Treat them with sympathy.
- Try to find expert advice.
- Ask others for solutions.
References:
- Drugs and their effects. (2004). Retrieved 12nd December, 2013, from: http://health.ninemsn.com.au/family/familyhealth/689830/drugs-and-their-effects
- Why Do People Take Drugs?. (2006). Retrieved 12nd December, 2013, from: http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/drugs/why-do-people-take-drugs.html
- Why Do People Use Drugs?. (n.d.). Retrieved 12nd December, 2013, from: http://www.addictionireland.ie/faq/article.asp?FID=33
- What Is A Drug?. (2004). Retrieved 12nd December, 2013, from: http://www.forcon.ca/learning/drugs.html