From a "just one hit" at a party to the false relief of prescription pills, from teens seeking belonging to adults escaping pressureâ drugs are no longer just a nightmare for society's fringes. They've become a modern plague, disguised as pleasure, comfort, or a social passâquietly consuming countless lives.
Science is clear: Addiction is a disease of the brain. It hijacks the reward system, destroys self-control, and traps people in a vicious cycle of guilt, relapse, and collapse. The damage isn't only physicalâliver failure, cardiac arrestâbut deeply personal: the loss of self, of family, of connection.