Say NO to drugs
Many people in our society are addicted to drugs. These people include teenagers as well as elder people.
Drugs are not good for your health and have severe effects on all over the body. The use of drugs can affect the human body in different ways. They can have short-term and sometimes long-term effects. These effects can be physical as well as psychological.
Many people are struggling with this addiction. Developing an addiction to drugs isn’t a character flaw and it can be controlled. You only need your willpower to overcome this problem.
Recovery from the effects pf drugs is never out of reach, no matter how hopeless your situation seems or how many times you’ve tried and failed before. With the right treatment and support, change is always possible.
Only the very first is the toughest step. but if you deciding to make a change you can do it. Many countries are also trying to struggle with this addiction.
As many countries struggle with escalating rates of drug addiction, Portugal has successfully reduced overdose deaths by more than 90% since 1999 as a result of a radical shift in its drug policy.
The country had a serious addiction problem in the 1990s but then decided to decriminalize all drugs. Rather than being arrested and possibly jailed, those caught with no more than a ten-day supply instead received a warning, small fine, or were told to report to an official about treatment.
Under Portugal’s drugs czar João Goulão, needle exchange programs and easy referral to treatment were stepped up. “The policy is to treat each individual differently,” says Goulão. “People are considered as a sick person and they must access treatment with the same dignity as people who suffer from other diseases.”
The figures are startling. In 1999, Portugal had 369 overdose deaths; in 2016 there were just 30. New HIV cases from infected needles dropped from 907 in 2000 to 18 in 2017.
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