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Perils of drug addiction

Drug-users cause irreparable damage not only to themselves but to their near and dear ones.

Published: Mon 30 May 2016, 12:00 AM

Updated: Mon 30 May 2016, 2:00 AM

  • By
  • Jayashree Kulkarni

Despite knowing the grave dangers of drug addiction, there are several people who are caught in the vicious cycle. Plenty of reasons like low sense of worth, peer pressure, personal, professional stress, broken relationships, job dissatisfaction and a desire to find a quick remedy make people come under the influence of contraband drugs.
Drug-users cause irreparable damage not only to themselves but to their near and dear ones. Its dangers are far-reaching causing physical, psychological, financial and mental agony to the user.
- Jayashree Kulkarni, Abu Dhabi

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