Good evening to everyone and I trust we all had a great day.
Today am going to be talking about addiction and the youth.

What is addiction?
Addiction is a psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, even though it is causing psychological and physical harm.source
How does it relate to the youth?
There are so many types of addictions and the youths have higher number of victims who are addicted,my major focus is going to be on our youths.
For today I would be talking about smoking as on of the major addiction found in almost every youth.
Smoking?,yes smoking has done more harm than good to the youth and society at large. The rate at which youth of the present engage in the habit of smoking is now becoming alarming,when I was growing up I used to think smoking was only for old papa's and men but now you can even see a young boy smoking in broad day light if care is not taken.
Most youth forget to think of the repercussions and only the benefit of smoking.
Now am going to be talking about marijuana as youth are more addicted to this than cigarettes.

Marijuana is a very dangerous substance,when taken gives extreme happiness,comfort and unexplainable joy.
It is illegal due to the side effect and health related issues but yet its the favorite of most young youths in our country.

The feeling most people (youths)get from smoking marijuana is what's makes it addictive,the happiness vibes its gives them,the feeling of being among and in control makes them want more and this in turn is addictive. It has cause more harm than good to our society because just to satisfy the urge of this addictiveness most of the youth engage in unlawful act just to get money to buy or to have access to it. most times under the influence of this substance one can tend to act unlikely,like begin aggressive,angry,sad,or even have mood swings. Most violent acts of youths in the society are mostly done under the influence of marijuana. One addiction leads to another as you find out that most youths who are addicted to smoking are also addicted to drinking as one addiction attracts the other.
What could be cause of smoking as an addiction?

Peer pressure- most youths under peer pressure engage in smoking and if care not properly taken it ends up in addiction.

The feeling of being among- for some other people its just the feeling they tend to want to feel,just because they see others doing it and want to feel they can try it.

The happy vibe- other engage in this act just to be happy,and I guess everyone wants to always be happy and to do that it becomes a habit and from there it turns Into addiction.

relief of stress- some other see it as a way of relieving stress,they see it as a way of relaxation after the days stress.

All these leads to addiction and makes it hard to stop as its very hard.
Mean while the current situation and economy is not helping as it aids in the growth of this addiction,I write with complete bitterness as the rate of smoking is increasing day by day.
In my next post I would be talking on some other addictions and how it relates to our youth.
Thanks for reading my post.

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