The incident killed nine people hit by a vehicle driven by a suspected drug addict in jakarta some time ago had attracted public attention. Many people who threw various comments, blasphemy, cursing, insults and even the perpetrators. Every seemed to put the blame on one person, namely the driver. The driver is considered to be the only person responsible for the incident. Almoust all the media exposure that essentially perform cornering the perpetrator for his actions. Well, I'm not interested in discussing who is wrong and who is right. Let the legal process to prove it.
I would like to explore a little about the dynamics of behavior and drugs and the role and contribution we as a society for the incident. I'm pretty sure there are mani other potential addicts cause misery for others. This event again proved that the drug is no longer a problem related to the welfare of other. If initially disturbed the family of addicts, the public is now beginning to feel its effects.
Effects of Drug Hazards
Many definitions of drugs, one drug is any substance that affects the way the work, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and volition (Colondam, 2007). Drug abuse can give a dramatic effect on person. In Law. 22 of 2007 on the effects of narcotics are added on the cause dependence (addiction). Some research (Goldstein, and Volkow, 2002, Daglish et.al, 2003, Brody et.al, 2004,Myrick et.al, 2004, Wang et.al, 2007) shows one part of the brain affected is the prefrontal cortex of drug effects. This section play a important role in the behavior associated with the planning, evaluation of the consequences of an action, as well as the ability to refrain from displaying inappropriate responses. The simple language of logical thinking function is not optimal.
Strong influence of drugs on the brain that ultimately affect behavior and negatively impact others. we've heard addicts who lie and steal to satisfy his needs. So, drugs are not only a personal issue (this is my own body anyway,this is also my own money anyway, why not?), example, parents, friends, even strangers.
One does not necessarily become an addict. They will go trhough a series of processes before it reaches the level of dependence (Colondam, 2008). First, it was the level of trial an error. Second, the level of regular users. Data show that one in five , or about 22 percent of people who previously only dabbled in, then the next will continue to be fixed if the user has reached the level of dependence. The third level is a marked increase in the consumption of addictive drugs, and accompanied by a loss of self-control manual. Behaviors such as lying, stealing, rude aggressive, and likely criminal is very likely arise because of the extreme emotional instability. Overdoses often occur in this phase.
For drug addicts, it's never fully recovered. The brain demage that ocurs according to many experts is that the demage is permanent. Therefore, if one can escape from the bondage of drugs, it is more correct to say have been recovered, not cured. With these facts, we still silent?
Role of the Community to Fight Drugs
Drug abuse prevention education is a long process and requires persistence and consistency is remarkable. What is done by many institutions will not provide significant results if there is no community support. Community can play an active role in the process of mutual support with the existing institutions, ranging from the smallest sphere information about drug prevention, to tell a family member, friend, or next of kin. Do also the friendly supervision of family members. Create a all family members always miss each other.
We can also contribute to the reported drug abuse in our place, or care for the safety and environmental hygiene of the drug. And there is still much we do actually, and elements of will important role. The future of this nation is in the hands of future generations. To save them, we save this nation, stop blaspheming, let's be done!.
Observers of the drug problem and personal experience.
