Drug addiction is a major social evil of modern times. It has surpassed all the barriers of caste, color, creed, sex, nation etc. Drug addiction is indicative of ills of society. Industrialization led to a large scale departure of rural population from their villages to city in the hope of work. It meant separation from family and leading a single, insecure and lonely life in the city with no to share one's sorrows and feelings with. Such people become easy prey to drugs and are fully exploited by the drug traffickers.

Drug addiction is not affecting the young only. Drug addiction is common among young, old, poor and affluent. It is the problem of society and is eating into the very vitals of the society. In the beginning a person takes a drug out of curiosity or  to escape the reality. There are some who take drugs simply for the thrill it gives to them. The tragedy is once a person start taking these intoxicated drugs, it becomes an addiction. His body develops dependence on the drugs. He has to steadily increase the dose. Even if at any point of life he realizes his folly, it becomes extremely difficult of to give up. It is pathetic to see a drug addict when he does not gets his usual dose. His body is in pain and agony which drives him to madness. Besides, taking drug is expensive therefore it drives drug addicts to stealing, committing petty crimes and other anti social activities. It is not surprising that drug addicts become anti social elements. Drugs have become a big business. There is an international network of drug peddlers. Terrorists, to raise funds for their activities become drug peddlers. Thus drugs not only destroys the addicts but breed terrorism, homicide, international tensions and disease like AIDS.

 All these facts point to the need of fighting the evil of drug abuse with greatest determination. We need to spread the awareness and help the drug addicts to come out of this emerging problem. So let us all be together and fight drugs.