
27/06/2025
SAY YES TO LIFE AND SHUN DRUGS !!!
June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
I was planning to write a piece yesterday as it's always my manner on such days, but my day was too busy and I forgot.
June 26, is a day set aside globally to reflect on the devastating impact of drug abuse. I have always known drugs to be a menace — a silent killer and a destroyer of destinies, especially among our youth.
But today, I had no option than to pen this script down after I witnessed something that shook me to my core.
I saw a man under the influence of a drug — I believe it’s this one they call Guzoro( because the man was actually acting out the name) His body was stiff, yet he twitched violently at times, almost as if he was having a seizure.
His face told a thousand stories: confusion, pain, and a haunting emptiness. I watched for just five minutes, but it felt like eternity. What I saw was not just a high — it was torment. A prison of the mind, a soul slowly being stripped of it's humanity.
And I asked myself: Why?
Why would anyone willingly do this to himself or herself?
This is not fun. This is not freedom.
This is self-destruction.
AGAIN I SAY TO OUR YOUTHS:
Drugs are never an escape route. They may numb your pain for a moment, but they steal your future in the process. Every time you say “yes” to drugs, you're saying “no” to your dreams, your potential, and your purpose.
You are worth more. Your life has meaning. Your future is bright — if only you choose to protect it.
Say no to drugs. Say yes to life.
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