Addiction Menace

Through this column of your daily newspaper, I would like to highlight the issue of addiction as an increasing problem among teenagers.

Youngsters nowadays are falling in the traps of addiction which has posed a big threat to our current generation as well as to our society, leading to a number of social, psychological and health problems like anxiety, depression, memory loss, heart problems etc, especially among the teenagers. Although, governments in various countries have taken some serious steps over the recent years yet that has not shown any benefits. This may be due to the lack of consciousness among the masses, especially in the developing nations or due to the lack of serious efforts by the authorities concerned. In India, although the government has put up some serious restrictions against the sale of addictive commodities, none of them has shown any positive consequences. There are many reasons behind this and one of them is selling of addictive commodities by shopkeepers to consumers without consulting their age. Of course, some shops have been instructed by the authorities to sell commodities by considering the age of the consumer, but that has not been followed to a strict level due to which the issue of addiction seems to be increasing among the teenagers day after day.

Today addiction has become a humanitarian crisis throughout the world with millions of people losing their lives every year. If this trend of addiction continues at the same rate as it is now, then I fear this would be another pandemic that the world will have to face.

Dibyojyoti Brahma,

Cotton University