By: Ali Raza
Usually, we experience several kinds of people in our society. Many of them are very kind, some are aggressive, and few have dual nature. According to the data, the people who possess the dual nature are mostly the most vulnerable who purportedly show both behaviors. For a moment, they feel inferior, and sometimes they feel superior because of a lack of confidence in their personality. They always show non-satisfactory behavior to satisfy themselves.
Habitually, they often hurt the people and joy over it. In most cases, these kinds of people are victims of the societal effects of our cruel culture and education system. Consequently, these people would become the handful of targets of drug suppliers who make them addicted to Ice and other dangerous drugs. Resultantly, the drug would wrongly create the sense of fulfilling their desires and push them towards the trauma, which would generate heinous results for themselves and society.
According to the drug and regulation authority, the use of Ice drugs is increasing in our society regularly. Mostly at workplaces, educational institutions, and homes. Reasonably, the working environment participates in promoting this disease. Often, people do the job of more than their capacity and are unable to handle the pressure. In this scenario, they would likely take some kinds of drugs that facilitate them to calm their mind and body and create readiness to work, but on the other side, it affected the human senses most heinously.
Sadly, the educational system is also promoting this human uncertainty. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report of 2018, it’s clear that peak levels of drug use, reported among those aged from 18-25, and surprisingly the extent of drug use among the older people is lower than the young people. The methamphetamine and Meth crystal known as Ice is also becoming common among the youth. Especially in developing countries like Pakistan, India, and other Asian and African states because of the Paranoia, stress, depression of exams, social problems, and unemployment. And it is leading towards heinous crimes. Globally, Australia has the highest rate of using this drug, which estimates 7% of the entire population (1.3 million people) used it over different periods. Although, the US has a 0.4% ratio of using it.
Thoughtfully, because of this disastrous social structure of society and cruel education system leading towards the heinous crimes specifically against the women and children at home. Nobody could expect the crime depth but the recent incident of killing the daughter of former ambassador of Pakistan Noor Makhdoom has set the example of the heinousness of crime because the murderer was addicted to ICE drug according to the investigative team of case.
Medically, doctors recommended few substances included but not limited to, Naltrexone (Vivitrol) that blocks the opioid, Acamprosate (Campral) would reduce symptoms of long-lasting withdrawal, such as insomnia, anxiety, restlessness and dysphoria, and Disulfiram (Antabuse) interferes with the breakdown of alcohol. But the studies have shown that these substances would be fruitful if the required environment will provide to the patient.
Socially, different research papers and journals suggest various forms of treatment for those age groups of people like those 25-35 who are most affected by the working environment, and studies found that the work-life balance is considered the most important factor for them to curb this addiction. But the young generation those age 14-17 and 18-25 has a different case. Doctors and psychologists suggest various important factors to the families, teachers, and mentors for reducing this addictiveness among youth.
Combinedly, these are the following; avoid being a pressure cooker, generous and kind with them, making them busy in extracurricular activities, reduce their habit of using electronic devices, develop close family ties, support them financially and mentally, always motivate them and many more, but these are considered the most workable among them.
The writer is a student at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. He can be reached at alirazaqureshi241@gmail.com
