Hard Drugs Are Really Not That Bad -By Olupohunda Abosede Eunice

I implore everyone to read this with a clear mind; opening your minds to see and read from a different perspective. Generally, we all know and we have been taught that hard drugs are strong, harmful and illegal drugs that are likely to cause addiction and damages to one’s health e.g Cocaine, heroine, tramadol, etc.

Let us see this from a different angle. If hard drugs are said to cause damages to our health, why then are people still taking them.? When I say people, I mean common men, governors, presidents, public speakers, musicians and actors. If hard drugs are said to also cause untimely deaths, why then are people still taking them since no one wants to die.?

For years, we have all agreed that hard drugs are harmful , but there are things people gain from taking these drugs which are just covered up with the sayings of it being harmful. I will go with the honest answers that everyone will hate to hear. Some of these hard drugs if not all, help to reduce one’s pains either physical, sexual or verbal. For example, most people with untreated or undiagnosed psychological issues often turn to drugs in order to feel normal since they are already in serious pains. They then resort to taking hard drugs since hard drugs help soothe their pains than medications and therapies which contribute to the pains they already have.

An example of hard drugs is Cocaine. If Cocaine is properly used, it has its own positive effects . Cocaine is a local anesthetic which is applied to certain areas of the body e.g the nose, mouth or throat to cause loss of feeling or numbness. This allows certain kinds of procedures or surgery to be done without causing pain. Why then do doctors and hospitals use Cocaine for treatment if it is entirely said to be harmful.?

Moving on, there is clearly no problem with an adult who is off work  or during his leisure time taking some of these drugs to clear his or her mind of thoughts once in a while in a proper manner; not excessively. This is a method most musicians, actors, writers and even poets use to be productive. Most musicians receive inspirations this way to produce good music or songs we sing everyday, same with writers whose books we enjoy reading .

Some Public speakers are not left out and even some politicians who are not bold enough to be in the public, delivering speeches. The shy ones among them who deliver speeches so well in public will not tell us they use drugs to boost their confidence because hard drugs have been termed to be a bad thing entirely.

To end this article, kindly note that overuse of it gets one addicted due to the feelings and results that it helps produce. This is why most people term hard drugs as harmful , but in the real sense , hard drugs are not that entirely bad due to their usefulness.