The number of addicts has been on a steady rise in recent years and the number is not looking to slow down any time soon. This increase in the number of addicts should be a wake-up call for the country and should elicit a response both from the government and our society too. This increase in the number of addicts can mean disaster for the country in several ways in the long term while destroying the lives of people related to these addicts and random innocents as well. Addicts bring with them an increased number of deaths either due to them dying by overdosing on the drugs they are abusing or by mixing two different drugs to improve their high but dying because of the reaction the two drugs had together.
They can also lead to the death of others around them. Cases of domestic violence where the offender had a history of drug abuse or was high on drugs during the event are becoming common around the country. These can leave the victim with a traumatic memory that they can rarely overcome throughout their life and physical trauma and injuries are also common in such cases. Moreover, an addict is much more likely to take extreme steps, given that they do not interfere with their addiction, to the extent where they would not have considered going when they were not an addict. This means that addicts are much more open to the idea of crime, especially crime that can financially support their costly addiction. This means that as the number of addicts continues to rise, the numbe...