Question

What are the harms of addictive substances?

Answer 1

Following are the harmful effects of addictive substances:
A person may become slave of the addictive substance.
An addicted person becomes less productive in economic activities.
An addicted person becornes a burden to the family and society. • Addiction to a substance results in drain on money and affects the normal life of the whole family.
An addicted person can become ill due to various side effects of addictive substance.
Addiction to a substance may result in hypertension. heart disease and cancer.
Addiction can reduce the life span of a person.
An addicted person may resort to crime to arrange money for the desired intoxicant