Topic > Drug Abuse in Kazakhstan - 1917

Today the problem of drug abuse is the most serious and serious problem not only in Kazakhstan but throughout the world. The current problem is very acute in Kazakhstan. There are 49,984 registered drug addicts, and among them the number of children is 3,071 (over 3 thousand drug addicted children are registered in Kazakhstan, 2011). Drug addiction is considered a disease and in fact spreads like a virus among children. The danger from drugs is too great to ignore. Although the drug problem may seem impossible to avoid, we can still prevent this problem throughout society by taking some powerful and effective actions. People should help young drug addicts to kick the habit and abolish it as soon as possible to ensure young people's healthy growth and social stability. Today, more and more teenagers in Kazakhstan are victims of drug abuse, and the government should take urgent action to improve this situation by providing drug education programs, enacting effective laws to stop dealers, and establishing more medical centers. According to a survey conducted among Kazakh schoolchildren in 2006, 12% of middle school pupils have used drugs once in their lives, 2-5% of schoolchildren use them regularly. Overall, Kazakh teenagers use “soft” drugs such as marijuana. In the first six months of 2007 alone, 986 adolescents were registered as using drugs compared to 464 in the whole of 2006 (Girfanov, 2007). The first reason for drug abuse among adolescents could be the change in family situation. May include lack of parental supervision. As Thompson (n.d.) states, the lack of family supervision over the child can be a cause of his drug abuse, which means that if parents do not have adequate discipline, the child can be exposed to drug use. Furthermore, Singha (2010) states that if parents give children the opportunity to do what they want, especially in such a critical adolescent age, the result will be that adolescents will do what they want and incorrectly construct personality. Another reason for drug abuse among teenagers is loneliness or depression. According to Singha (2010), factors such as peer pressure, family problems, educational pressure and first love relationships can encourage adolescents to start using drugs. This phenomenon is self-explanatory, because at such a vulnerable age everything is perceived so sensitively.