By Ayaan Saroori

Drug addiction is not something that happens overnight. It builds slowly and breaks people quietly. Fighting it takes steady effort.

Awareness, prevention, and timely rehabilitation are the only ways forward. And this isn’t just a problem for a few. Drugs don’t care about religion, caste, or class. The damage cuts across all walls society has built.

Right now, drug addiction is tearing through our communities. It has taken sons and daughters away from their parents. Some families know what is happening, but they are too afraid to speak. They worry about shame, about what people will say.

But silence has made the problem worse. More people are using drugs, and the numbers keep rising.

We need to make regular efforts to stop this. Social workers and de-addiction teams are out there working hard, but they need more support.

Many times, they are blocked not by the system but by the........

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