Drugs don't cause drug addiction. The main factor that causes drug addiction is the environment and the disconnection one feels. The euphoria and pleasure that drugs provide is amazing. So if you're in a shitty environment where you cannot naturally access this euphoria and pleasure, then why wouldn't you do drugs?

Our current method shunning drug addicts will only further delve them into their addiction. It's when they're in a supporting environment with friends and family that care for them which gives them a fighting chance to beat their addiction. Science has suggested many times that lack of social support contributes to many physical and mental illnesses, and may even lead to further depression and/or drug abuse.

When I was a teenager, I was really hooked on weed. I know it's not cocaine, but as we've discussed, the drug itself plays a very small factor in the actual drug addiction. I was smoking so frequently that it completely controlled my life. Every time I got busted, my mum would completely flip out and go psycho on me. She would ground me, yell at me, remove me from all my friends, while constantly watching me like a hawk. I felt like I was in a prison cage which was a nightmare.

Did this help me quit weed? FUCK NO!

This made matters so much fucking worse (which she will never admit haha). The only significant difference this made was make my life more difficult and inconvenient because I had to be much more careful. I would pretend I'm taking a shit in the bathroom while I would sneak out the window and go to my carefully hidden bong kit ready in my back yard. The skills I acquired of smoking weed like a ninja became an art form actually.

The fact of the matter is, all I wanted was to feel connected, to talk to someone, anything! If my mum just talked to me like a human being, a friend, and tried looking at things from my perspective, things would have turned out a lot differently. Instead of turning my cage into an isolated one. That being said, I'm not blaming anyone as I take full responsibility for all my actions.

So could you see how throwing a drug addict into a jail cell - where they are disconnected from the outside world - have virtually no chance in quitting drugs? How can they? You've taken away all their basic human rights and on top of that, given them a criminal record that prevents them from getting a job, travelling overseas, and essentially having a life. No shit they're going to keep taking drugs, I mean, I don't know about you guys, but I definitely would.

I'm going to refrain from talking about the war on drugs here, as this is a topic I will most definitely discuss in future blogs/videos, as this is a very deep topic which I'm very passionate about.

Addiction is everywhere, not just in drugs. People are addicted to all sorts of things ranging from internet and television to eating and fucking. What is the reason for us getting addicted to these activities? Is it purely the activities themselves that create a hook in our brains or is it something deeper than that, like the environment you are in or what's going on in your life?