When Addiction Is Not Just a Choice

When Addiction Is Not Just a Choice 

Author: Gouya Roshan (Güya Aydın )

Every time I see a young person caught in the grip of drugs, something inside me breaks. Not only because of what they've lost, but because of what has been stolen from them: their future, their dignity, their dreams. Addiction is not just an individual weakness; it is the result of a chain of betrayals, profiteering, and irresponsibility.

The troubling question is:
How can there be people who are willing to push others to the brink of destruction for their own comfort, wealth, or power? How is it possible to consciously watch the gradual death of a generation and sleep peacefully at night?

A drug dealer is not just a "seller." They are a link in a chain that feeds off societal collapse. Every package sold is not just a substance; it is a hope that fades, a family that breaks apart, and a society that bears deeper wounds.

On the other hand, the consumer cannot be solely blamed either. Many of these young people did not fall from a place of their own; they were pushed. Poverty, unemployment, injustice, loneliness, identity crises, and lack of a clear horizon all work together to turn drugs into the only "temporary refuge" ,a refuge that ultimately turns into a prison.

But the moral question still remains:
How do those who pave this path reconcile with their conscience? Have they become accustomed to seeing humans not as "humans," but as "consumers"? Does the repetition of disaster erase sensitivity?

Addiction is a mirror that shows the true face of society. A society that, if it only sees the addict and not the profiteer, if it only blames and does not investigate the roots, is itself complicit in reproducing this disaster.

Writing about drugs is not just a warning; it is a question of collective conscience.
Where do we stand in this cycle?
Spectators?
Indifferent?
Or responsible?



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