Drug is a serious issue
happened in our society for ages. It occurs in many forms and causes trouble,
which affects individual and society as a whole. It is reported that more than
16,575 Cambodian people are drug-addicted. Why drug is used among Cambodian
people? What are the causes of drug usage? To understand deeply, we have to
think about some factors that are the causes of people, especially adults using
drug. Indeed, there are three reasons why individuals use drug: peer pressure,
loneliness, and curiosity.
The first reason of
individuals using drug is due to peer pressure. They associate themselves
with wrong people. That’s why those people may lead them to use drug. It is
natural that people surrounded by others who are drug-users are also using drug
themselves for some time, since they easily fall prey to peer pressure. They
may not realize that peer pressure would lead them to be a part of those
people, as saying in a proverb “Birds of a feather flock together.”
Drug-users may
probably feel lonely inside themselves. Since they want to feel good for a few
moments, they might think of using drug to relieve themselves from feelings of
emptiness and stress, regardless whatever results would affect them.
Psychologically, some drug-addicted people start using drug because they think
they will avoid the situation they are facing with and forget all problems they
have.
Finally yet importantly,
people, specifically adults use drug owing to the growth of their curiosity
toward it. As society fills with toxic things, especially when the drug becomes
rampant, curios-minded adults want to experience how it tastes. They will fall
prey to drug after experiencing for some times. They are not always bad people
but victims. For instance, in some specific movies, it shows teenagers are
passionate and want to use drug when they hear their friends talking about how
it makes people feel.
To sum up, drug usage is a
major problem in our society. It has been used among young people because of
peer pressure, loneliness, and curiosity. It shall be a time government as well
as related to institutions have to find effective solution for this serious
matter in order to make our society free from drug.
⏩⏩⏩Note: This Cause and Effect essay is just for my homework, which I submitted to my English Writing Skills II class (at Department of Media and Communication, Royal University of Phnom Penh.)
