Rising Drug Addiction Influence Of Social Media

A whole lot of credit goes to social media as it has connected people and abolished distances. No doubt it has brought people of different worlds together raising love and humanity in them for each other. The positivity of idea behind social networking cannot be disclaimed. It has truly contributed towards the swiftness of contacting and getting in touch with others. Unfortunately, on the other hand it has spoiled the forthcoming generation. Social media dangers for kids to set their trend towards drug addiction in the following ways.

Effect of drug temptation images on the youth

Seeing pictures of people taking drugs, one gets somehow attracted to the idea those people are presenting. Pictures showing relief and satisfaction while doing such a dangerous and life killing action, the drug addicts even provoke the uninterested ones to plunge in the sea of death and misery. And that ultimately leads to the number of increasing population of such miserable people. This whole scenario is very poisoning for the teens of the present and of-course, the future. These young minds have no idea how these useless addiction of theirs can bring them to a ruin that is impossible to be recovered.

Exposure of drug related activities of celebrities

One of the major roles played in promoting drugs is by the famous and well-known figures which do not hesitate to expose themselves taking drugs. And in turn, that has an adverse effect on the tender minds of the teens which get themselves to drug addiction following the footsteps of those celebrities. The disastrous  action of such celebrities is ironically a big threat towards the future of our generation.

Race of getting 'thumbs up' and praises on social media

As for teens, another dilemma lies in getting more and more fame on social media spreading in youth. Teens are getting habitual of craving for the attention of opposite gender. And for that purpose, they show their interest in this crap i.e drugs. By showing their relation with drugs they are much publicized and become more eminent in the competition of getting more likes, comments, tweets and fan-following. And that's not all. When the teens don't get such hugely expected response from their social media fellows, thoughts of underratedness and inferiority begin to germinate in and ultimately destroy their minds.

An overlook of some researchers' studies

This firm relationship between drug addiction and social media cannot be denied. Following are some studies related to the subject.

- 75% of the teens of U.S admitted that they got used to taking drugs by getting an influence from their friends' images with drugs.

- Those teenagers who consume greater time on social networking most often become drug addicts, as per survey by National Center on Addiction And Substance Abuse (CASA).

- As per David Tran's studies, almost 66% of the youth under his research disclosed the fact that seeing drug related stuff on social media urged in them a headstrong desire of taking drugs.

So, it's undoubtedly necessary to wipe out the accounts of such teens who arouse others to get into this life threatening act by showing off their addiction with drugs. The management teams of social media should stop neglecting this ponderous issue. Otherwise, the loss will be irreparable.