The Negative Effects Of Drug Addiction In Education

Introduction Drug addiction has many negative effects on many people. Fortunately, education on the topic is becoming more popular to try to prevent the problem before it happens. There are programs in schools to teach about drugs and their consequences and there are campaigns for people of all ages including advertisements on buses and billboards and commercials on television which depict what can happen due to drug use. Of course, preventative measures will not work one hundred percent of the time, and often people believe that they are invincible or that “it won’t happen to me.” They think that they can experiment with drugs without ever becoming addicted. While this is true in some cases, others are not so lucky. Fortunately, there are …show more content…
Drugs such as buprenorphine or Methadone are not a solution; they are more like a bandage. They help ease the symptoms that addicts experience while detoxing from opiates, but they are extremely addictive and habit forming. Essentially, the addict is trading one drug addiction for another. The only difference is that this one is legal. If the person hopes to lead a fully normal life in the future, they must get clean from all drugs. Many of these treatment programs are run by the government or covered by insurance. It is unethical for the government or healthcare companies to have this kind of control over a person. They are administering a drug, which the person’s body becomes dependent on, to an addict. These drugs could work if they are used short-term to ease the person off of the other drugs, but the fact of the matter is that these drugs are just as habit forming and actually even more difficult to taper off of because of their long half-life. Not only this, but they are also potentially as dangerous as the street drugs. These programs are making pharmaceutical companies a lot of money and some people stay on methadone or buprenorphine for years or even for the rest of their