Many people especially the youth have been engaged in drug abuse and drug trafficking. Teens often become victims of drug abuse in the adolescence stage as they go through the most difficult stage of their lives moving from childhood to adulthood. It is at this stage that they become vulnerable in decision making and choosing between the right and the wrong. in this stage many youths out of innocence and lack of life experience, that they make decisions without knowing the aftermath of their actions. There are many reasons that make these youths turn into abusing drugs. The the largest contributor of youths involving in drug trafficking and its abuser is peer influence from their fellow peers who make them desire to indulge in drug abuse to make them feel high and special as they put it. Some adapt these behaviors from their parents, especially parents who abuse drugs in front of their kids assuming that their kids are young to understand whatever they are doing, however they are unaware that children learn from what they see. Curiosity by some of these youths of trying and exploring new things also contributes to them engaging in drug abuse as they get less supervision from their parents and guardians. Others believe that indulging in abuse of drugs is a way of having fun without knowledge of the effect abusing drugs such as taking alcohol would impair their judgment and lead them into danger. However, with all these challenges facing the youths and other drug abusers, it is important that they are taken care of and taken into rehabilitation centers to get help in stopping drug abuse. After months of rehabilitation, it is also important to take these victims in the rehabilitation centers for drug detoxification. This helps them in a number of ways such as;
Enrolling of victims to the drug detoxification programs enables them to curb withdrawal as a side effect of stopping drug abuse. Victims that access these detoxification programs are given medications that prevent the rising of side effects from the drug they have been abusing. These side effects would develop into life-threatening conditions that may bring adverse effect to the victims’ body especially the brain developing seizures but with proper care from relatives and medical practitioners, they successfully overcome it.
Shunning away from drug abuse completely may prove to be a little difficult for a victim. At times these victims develop cravings for the drugs they have been abusing tempting them to use them secretly. Also, these detoxification programs advise the victims to avoid bad company that may lead them to go back to their old behavior of abusing drugs. We should, therefore, offer great support to our loved ones who have fallen victims of drug abuse by enrolling them in the drug detoxification programs so that they may get help in overcoming the abuse of drugs.