A drug is usually used as a medicine to cure diseases . But sometimes it is taken by some people as a habit to get amusement . This habit of taking harmful drug is called drug addiction . Drug addiction is a curse of modern civilization . Nowadays it has become a global problem . Drug addiction has grasped the young generation in country . The people who take drug cannot stop taking it . There are some reasons behind this addiction . Some people take drugs to forget their painful past or present . Some people take drugs as a pursuit of pleasure . Some people , at first , take a drug as a fun but afterwards it turns into an addiction for them . The after effects of drug addiction are very harmful and serious . The health of the addicts breaks down . They lose their mental and physical power . They lose their social status and the love of their near and dear ones as well . Everybody dislikes or hates them . Various kinds of diseases attack them . They suffer from amnesia , insomnia , nausea , physical weakness , blood pressure and from many other critical diseases . Their lungs , kidneys and livers are also damaged . Drugs are expensive . So , the addicts often go for stealing , hijacking , killing and all sorts of misdeeds to manage money . For this reason , it should be stopped at any cost . This cursed drug addiction can be checked by creating social awareness . The mass media can play an effective role in this regard . Seminars , discussion and debate should be held in schools , colleges and universities now and then . The government alone cannot solve this problem . People must cooperate with it . Otherwise , there will not be any desired result . Above all , the rules of religion can play the most important role