A Story that says, “I Survived.”

Once addicted to smoking and drugs, one needs help in order to overcome the addiction.

It is not an easy battle to win, but manyhave tried and managed to rebuild their lives.

Smoking is so addictive which makes you lose your natural abilities.

While you are talking with your colleagues, you will suddenly realize that you are not saying what you should be saying until you go away and smoke before you rejoin your colleagues!

According to senior psychiatrist and deputy executive director of Butabika Hospital, Dr. David Basangwa, “Addicts are unable to stop using drugs because chemical changes take place in their bodies and cause them to crave drugs.”

According to research, a child’s environment, availability of drugs and genetic factors are some of the factors that lead to drug addiction in children. 

For instance, children whose parents abuse drugs are more likely to get addicted to drugs.

Such children may be 45% to 79% more likely to abuse drugs than children whose parents stay away from drugs.

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Dr. Fred Okuku of the Uganda Cancer Institute says little attention is paid to the dangers of smoking.

Problems associated with smoking are likely to increase as more young people pick the smoking habit in a country with the youngest population in the world. One can develop lung cancer from smoking the pipe, cigarettes and marijuana. As research says, out of every five smokers, one will develop cancer.

Drug abuse can also lead to mental illness, loss of jobs or dropping out of school. In most cases, addicts commit crimes under the influence of drugs, although this may not save them from the long arm of the law.