The most perplexing aspect of addiction is its nature. People always have reasons to fall into drug addiction. A mentally healthy person living a fulfilling life will never consider drugs to alleviate mental pain. From my point of view, the core reason for drug addiction is society’s order: poverty, stigmatization, discrimination, and bullying. People deprived of the average living condition from the mental or material perspective seek salvation in oblivion. Drugs are the perfect way to escape the cruel reality. However, the social order is challenging to be changed.
People’s nature often strives to stigmatize weak minorities. This is aggravated by the fact that even addiction today is often considered as shame. Even in healthcare, people who need mental and physical help are bullied and stigmatized more. According to the statistics, many addicted people reduce seeking medical treatment due to stigmatization (Volkow, 2020). Such a perception of the problem serves as a trigger to even more severe drug addiction. Therefore, the horrifying nature of stigmatization is one of the perplexing factors of drug addiction. From my point of view, society should understand the role of mental and physical help for such people. Moreover, the development of empathy for the problems of others within the community can potentially reduce drug addiction.
There are three adjectives that I associate with addiction. They can be used to describe addicted people and others near them. The first one is ‘helpful’ because all addicted people need urgent help. The second word characterizing the addiction is ‘oppressive.’ From my perspective, people always have a reason to fall into drug addiction. It is usually in the desire to forget the painful moments or avoid stress caused by living conditions or other people. The last adjective is ‘fearful,’ which is correlated with people’s mental state. Mentally strong people who are ready to fight their fears are not likely to be addicted.
Reference
Volkow, N. (2020). Stigma and the toll of addiction. The New England Journal of Medicine, 382(14), 1289–1290. Web.