| A young man was arrested by the police and was | | | | stupid acts if not because of the police. |
| taken to the emergency ward of a hospital, after he | | | | Why should you not do drugs? You should never do |
| knocked down an 18years old girl with his power | | | | drugs because if you do, you are likely to encounter |
| bike, and suffered multiple injuries himself. I watch as | | | | one of these problems: |
| he tried to resist police arrest. He struggled and yelled | | | | 1. You are not in charge of your actions: Drugs would |
| at the top of his voice, bleeding from wounds on his | | | | make you not be in charge of your senses and |
| left brow, forehead, right ankle, knees and left | | | | actions. You would lose your reasoning power and do |
| forearm. | | | | things that would likely endanger your life. |
| It took the effort of five able bodied policemen to | | | | 2. You are prone to crimes: Drugs could push you to |
| bundle him into the waiting police van. He kicked and | | | | commit crimes like stealing, rape, murder etc. |
| cursed as he was taken to the nearest hospital; he | | | | 3. Regret: Doing drugs brings a life of regret: you will |
| was actually bleeding profusely from the left brow | | | | definitely realize one day that you have done what |
| and needed to be taken to the hospital fast. I | | | | you never intended to do, and when that happens |
| followed the police van on a motor bike; I needed to | | | | your life would be filled with disappointments and |
| see what happened at the hospital as the young | | | | regrets. For example, if you raped a girl or committed |
| man's behaviour was completely strange to me. | | | | murder under the influence of drugs, you would live |
| On arrival at the hospital, another drama ensued: the | | | | to regret your action for the rest of your life. |
| patient refused to come down from the van. He held | | | | 4. Adaptation problem: Becoming addicted to |
| on to one of the poles by the side of the vehicle. | | | | substances would make it difficult for you to adapt |
| The policemen tried all the tricks they knew to get | | | | to normal way of life, as you are likely to depend on |
| him down from the vehicle, all to no avail. He | | | | these substances in order to carry out normal daily |
| eventually grew weaker and began to faint before | | | | activities such as sleeping, relaxing, toileting, digesting |
| they could get him into the emergency ward. He was | | | | food etc. |
| given an anaesthesia before the doctor and nurses | | | | 5. Poverty: it is difficult to become rich when you do |
| could stitch his wounds. | | | | drugs, because you are going to spend a bulk of the |
| The following day I paid him a visit, only to meet a | | | | money that you get on purchasing those drugs and |
| very sober person showing some signs of depression. | | | | substances. Since there is always a compulsion to |
| He was completely disappointed at himself: he | | | | take the substances, you are likely to spend a huge |
| admitted he was under the influence of drugs. He | | | | proportion of your earnings on substances, and in the |
| realized that he would have died because of his | | | | long run you suffer poverty. |