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    The document discusses reasons why young people in the Philippines are attracted to using illegal drugs. It identifies four key reasons: enjoyment of the feelings drugs can produce; environmental factors like poverty and unemployment that make drug use appealing; curiosity and desire to experiment; and personal problems like abuse that some use drugs to ease. It concludes by suggesting ways to prevent widespread drug use, such as promoting discipline, education, family, recreational activities, and healthy living habits.

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    The document discusses reasons why young people in the Philippines are attracted to using illegal drugs. It identifies four key reasons: enjoyment of the feelings drugs can produce; environmental factors like poverty and unemployment that make drug use appealing; curiosity and desire to experiment; and personal problems like abuse that some use drugs to ease. It concludes by suggesting ways to prevent widespread drug use, such as promoting discipline, education, family, recreational activities, and healthy living habits.

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    The document discusses reasons why young people in the Philippines are attracted to using illegal drugs. It identifies four key reasons: enjoyment of the feelings drugs can produce; environmental factors like poverty and unemployment that make drug use appealing; curiosity and desire to experiment; and personal problems like abuse that some use drugs to ease. It concludes by suggesting ways to prevent widespread drug use, such as promoting discipline, education, family, recreational activities, and healthy living habits.

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    N umerous incidents have been reported in local and

    international television and social media about drug users and


    dealers who are caught in the acts, especially in those squatters area
    or what they call drug dens. Not only those people who live in this
    populated area are being reported to the authorities but believe it
    or not powerful persons like government officials also indulge their
    selves in using prohibited drugs.

    Most of the drug users in the Philippines are young people. Illegal
    drugs that are present include Methamphetamine or the local name
    is shabu, marijuana, inhalants (rugby), solvent, cocaine, diazepam,
    ecstasy and nubain. While there are no accurate statistics available,
    it is estimated by Dangerous Drugs Board as many as 3.7 millions
    in the Philippines are dealing with drug addiction just a year 2016,
    65 percent of it -is young people. So what is the reason why this
    young people in the Philippines are attracted to use these illegal
    drugs? Maybe you will agree with this points Ive listed. Ill focus my
    discussion on young people who use prohibited drugs.

    First, enjoyment.
    Despite all the concerns about illegal drug use and the attendant
    lifestyle by young people, it is probably still the case that the lives of
    most young people are centered on school, home and employment
    and that most drug use is restricted to the use of tobacco and
    alcohol. They may adopt the behavior, fashion and dialect of a
    particular subculture including the occasional or experimental use
    of illegal drugs without necessarily adopting the lifestyle. Even so,
    the evidence of drug use within youth culture suggests that the
    experience of substances is often pleasure rather than negative and
    damaging. People who use drugs may like the feelings of
    excitement, confidence and connection with others which some
    drugs can elicit. Drugs may also help relieve feelings of boredom. So
    possibly the main reason why young people take drugs is that they
    enjoy them.

    Second, environment.
    Many young people live in communities which suffer from poverty,
    with high unemployment, low quality housing and where the
    surrounding infrastructure of local services is fractured and poorly
    resourced. In such communities drug supply and use often thrive as
    an alternative economy often controlled by powerful criminal
    groups. As well as use that might be associated with the stress and
    boredom of living in such communities, young people with poor job
    prospects recognize the financial advantages and the status
    achievable through the business of small scale supply of drugs.

    Third, curiosity.
    Most young people are naturally curious and want to experiment
    with different experiences. For some, drugs are a good conversation
    point, they are interesting to talk about and fascinate everyone.
    Teenagers and adults can succumb to peer pressure. The pressure
    of being around others who are abusing drugs or alcohol can make
    anyone follow suit and do things that they never thought they
    would.

    Lastly, personal problems.


    Some young people will use drugs specifically to ease trauma and
    pain of bad relationships and then physical and emotional abuse
    arising from unhappy home lives. Such young people will often
    come to the attention of the school. If these problems can
    addressed, then if drugs are involved they can become less of a
    problem.

    So how can we prevent this widespread use of drugs and drug


    addiction? For me, it is within ourselves, and that is DISCIPLINE.
    Its hard for me to know that the lives of my fellow young people are
    being devastated just because of these prohibited drugs. If I have
    the opportunity to renew their lives, I would help them by
    conducting seminars about drug addiction. I will encourage them
    to join some recreational activities to reverse their attention on
    drugs. I will promote the importance of Education and FAMILY.
    Lastly, encourage them to practice the healthier living habits.

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