Essay On The Impact Of Drug Abuse On Youth

Introduction

The use of drugs has a severe impact, or to be precise a severe damage on the youth. It is definitely a problem that needs an immediate solution because of the impact it has on the roots of society.

One could even suspect that the dealers are now targeting the youth more than other age groups. In fact, according to stats-SA, “ cocaine, marijuana, and heroin are all drugs that are becoming increasingly popular” and the age group that consumes most of these drugs are between the age of 13-24. This by no doubt shows that drugs are being sold close to a school or university or even worse, they are sold inside the premises.

According to statistics south Africa, communities such as the Cape-flats in the Western Cape the pandemic is increasing drastically, in fact stats-SA says that from 2001 – 2008, Cape-Town on its own has more drug related crimes than the other provinces combined.

According to Dr Bayever from the government drug control “at least 15% of South Africans have a drug problem” and he also expects it to rise as time goes on.

Such figures shows how out of control the pandemic is and this is caused by lack of intervention from the community members, we need to help the police catch the dealers and help our siblings, spouses and legacy to defeat the drug problem.

Drug abuse on youth

We want to do what most people do, eat what most people eat and share it on social media. But all this becomes a problem if the trend is poisoners, meaning that it has a higher probability of staying and feeding on our lives until we break down, or worse, until it kills us. Substance abuse are such a trend. When arriving on tertiary institutions away from the parents at some residence for the first time. The freedom becomes too much with the lack of adult supervision, we meet people who come from different backgrounds with different world views and culture, we then try new