Some people think that drug addicts should be treated like criminals and sent to jail, while others believe that they should be treated like patients and sent hospital. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

In

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competitive era, many people are prone to take drugs to relieve their stress and

then

they get habitual to it. When

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habit becomes an addiction, it

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propels them to illegal behaviours to earn money and get their urge satisfied. Some people think

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they should be punished as criminals whereas others say that they must be sent to the rehabilitation centre to have a better quality of growth in the future. The reason behind considering narcotic addicts as criminal are enormous.

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, according to the newspaper, 'The Times of India", a recent survey conducted

last

year revealed 60% of school students, young adults are using various drugs.

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. during their night parties the female exploitation by them, their connections with underworld has increased and spoiled the soul of the youth as well as the society. The police raid caught many of them and sent them to jail which had a tremendous impact on their peers who eventually quit the path of drugs.

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there is an opinion highly gaining popularity that these addicts should be punished and sent to prison. On

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umanitarian ground, everybody has the scope of a transformation and when it comes to an innocent younger generation who are forced towards drugs should be freed from it with proper care, guidance and medications. The renowned Bollywood film actor Sanjay Dutta, when sending to a rehabilitation centre, it turned out him into more responsible citizen as well as an intelligent human and now he has not only saved his life but

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of many drug victims. He has opened many rehabilitation centres for the benefit of drug abusers to uplift and enhance their quality of life.

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proves that if they are treated as patients , they could be cured and results into better humans. In conclusion

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I would like to say that drug addicts are really the psychological patients suffering from stress, anxiety and depression.

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they should be treated as patients and not like criminals to have a better society around us.