Dump the cool

Drugs, written with five small letters but with life altering consequences. Clinically speaking, a drug is "a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being".  A tad too high flying isn’t it. So basically it is a substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function.

College life is a time when a student breaks out of his/her comfort zone and steps into a new phase of life. It is a time when everything seems worth giving a try. A time when they get the sweet taste of liberty. A perfect time for drugs to enter the scenario.

You see, drugs are like medusa, seductive yet inimical, beautiful yet ugly. They promise to take you to a world of your own but fail to mention that it slowly takes you away from the real world. Just like a tiger who silently stalks his pray, waiting and then swoosh, falls on his prey and feeds on him, similarly drugs swoop into a person’s life and destroys it in a very short span of time.

Some common drugs that students consume are caffeine (available in coffee) and nicotine( composition of cigarettes). Some higher forms of drugs are marijuana, opium, cocaine, sleeping pills and anti depressant pills and so on and so forth. Some even higher forms are LSD, weed etc.

The susceptibility of a college student to enter into an addiction for drugs is accelerated by peers and colleagues. On encouragement by such people student have a tendency to pick up these habits. Some people pick these habits up just for the ‘cool’ tag and these kinds of thought are mostly generated by seeing other people in and around do the same. Lastly, we come to the frustrated one’s, the ones who are so frustrated with life as a whole that the idea of something that can make them forget all these problems make them the greatest targets for drug consumption.

Drugs are harmful that everybody is aware of, how harmful that everyone needs to be made aware of. An average of two out of three college student smoke of which from every four smokers, one dies annually. Coffee doesn’t have very fatal consequences but an excess of coffee causes a reduction in height growth, insomnia, depression, sinus problems and headaches. Some remote cases of sleep with disturbing dreams have also been reported. Smoking a single joint of marijuana is equivalent to smoking 8 cigarettes together. Substances like cocaine, sleeping pills, anti depressant pills causes’ loss of weight, skin problems, insomnia, headache and sloppiness. LSD causes all of the above mentioned problems and along with that causes hallucinations that have fatal results in some cases. Other than that drugs cause cancer, respiratory problem like asthma, bronchitis etc. There are also psychological problems associated with it like sudden outburst of anger, temperament problems, loss of sensibility from sense organs and other problems.

 So, to not be a part of it is the best solution to stay away from drugs. Don’t give in to it rather fight it. It will be difficult to keep your hands away from it but believe me, it will be the best decision of your life. So, stay drug-free, stay safe, because life’s just one so live it wisely.