Drug Addiction
Introduction to the Problem Drug addiction has been growing globally since World War II. Drugs was first take for the purpose of treating wounds and aches. But later on they find that consumimg a large amount of drugs more than the priscription makes them more ralaxed and make them more pleasurable and become high and it is the start of abusing a such drugs.Nowadays drug addiction enter someones life without observing and knowing its possible effect and results. People start using for such reason of curiosity,pleasure,social pressure or for medical uses.And may continue using it for another reason such relieving tension. Drug addiction might continue to get worst and become lethal if left untreated and tolerated.Drug addiction kills a thousands of people each year due to its deadly effect of the body. In United States in 2010 there was an estimated 22.6 million Americans over the age of 12 that were current or former illicit drug users within the last month of when the survey was given; This equates to about 8.9 percent of the population aged 12 or older. The drug marijuana was the most commonly used illegal substance followed by prescription painkillers, cocaine and hallucinogens. There was about 17.4 million individuals who used it in the past month from when the survey was taken. From 2007 and 2010, those numbers increased to 6.9 percent, up from 5.8 or 14.4 million to 17.4 million users.(http://www.michaelshouse.com/drug-addiction/the-statistics/). In the Philippines illegal drug use was a significant problem due to corruption and poor law enforcement.Drug addiction appears to be on the rise in the Philippines. There are believed to be as many as 6.7 million drug abusers according to figures from 2004- this is a dramatic increase from 1972 when there was only believed to have been around 20,000 drug users in the Philippines. The most commonly abused drugs in the Philippines include: