Drugs and Young Generation
Assalamualaikum wr. Wb.
First, let me introducing myself
My name is Raafi Nur Adzani, stundent number 21,
from class 11.7 at Senior High School 1 Slawi
In this time, i would like to talk about ‘Drugs and
Young Generation'.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
Thousands of young men have wasted their lives
because of illicit drugs in our country, Indonesia. They were mostly victims of
a ‘cruel’ environment, a broken-home family, of ignorance, of curiosity or
particularly of the illegal drugs mafia. It is estimated that around 4 million
people in Indonesia illicit drug users – about one in every 50 Indonesians. In
the capital city of Jakarta, it is estimated that three out of ten young people
are users. A study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) office in
Indonesia showed that around four per cent of illicit drug users in the country
are children under 17 years old. Two out of ten users are involved in illicit
trafficking. Some teenagers start being involved in producing and trafficking
drugs between the ages of 13 and 15. Chairman of the National Narcotics
Coordinating Board said that the country’s illicit drug users include around
7,000 junior high school students, over 10,000 senior high school students and
about 800 elementary school students.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
People usually take drugs to have fun or escape the
pressures of life. Drug users among students are particularly worrying. It was
reported that a number of traffickers operate around schools by cheating,
forcing or giving free illicit drugs to students. Once the students are
addicted, they then go to the traffickers to buy the illicit drugs. If they do
not have money, they steal it from their family members or others. Narkoba is
the Indonesian term for narcotics, psychotropic and addictive substances.
Psychotropic substances popularly called Ecstasy and Shabu-shabu are considered
favorites among the middle and upper class users. However, for an increasing
number of young people, the drug of choice is low-grade heroin, known as putaw,
which is cheap, plentiful, but potentially deadly. These drugs are readily
available in all major urban areas, including schools, bars, cafes,
discotheques, nightclubs, and they even spread into remote villages. Therefore
it is not surprising that drug users continue to increase from year to year.
Ladies and
Gentlemen…
The facts above show us how familiar “Narkoba”
issues in our young generation. First we should know what’s the meaning of
drugs addiction? Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized
by compulsive, at times uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking, and use that
persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. Drug seeking
becomes compulsive, in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug
use on brain functioning and, thus, on behavior. For many people, drug
addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of
abstinence. It warns us how serious the consequences of using drugs.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
Drug abuse has also contributed to the increase of
HIV/AIDS patients, through the usage of unsterile injections. According to a
report based on an illicit drug and injection safety study of 20 Asian
countries conducted by the Center for Harm Reduction in Australia’s Burnet
Institute, drug injecting is spreading to all the countries [of Asia] and its
popularity is increasing. Our Country, Indonesia have up to 1 million drug
injectors, and 19% of them were infected HIV/AIDS. How dangerous the drugs
abuse for us.
This is an extremely serious issue for us. It's a threat
that could kill an entire generation. One generation of this nation will be
lost if we do not take action together and immediately. In short, we must be
ready to go to war against illicit drugs and the war must start from home.
Then, what can we do as the young generation?
Preventing is better than curing. Avoid drugs; don’t ever think to try just
because you are curious. Why? Because once you try, you will be trapped and
later become addicted; and the addiction will finally turn you into criminals or
take your lives. We have so many examples around us, what happened to the
users. Some become crazy, some was going to the jail, and the others were died.
All of them loose their future. I believe we don’t want such things happened to
ourselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters…
Now… it is time for us to say ‘NO’ to drugs. It’s
time for us to arrange our future. It’s time for us to face the world with our
ability. It’s time for us to prove that we can do something better for our
beloved country, Indonesia.
Thank you.
Wassalamualaikum wr. wb.
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