Substance abuse

HEALTH, SOCIAL
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY

THERE IS A LOT
YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT
DRUGS &
ALCOHOL

DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS TO THE
PEOPLE WHO USE THEM, BUT PEOPLE
WHO USE DRUGS DON'T ONLY HURT
THEMSELVES. THE PEOPLE AROUND
THOSE WHO DO DRUGS CAN BE HURT
IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TOO.
SAYING "NO" TO DRUGS IS SMART
AND HELPS TO KEEP YOURSELF AND
OTHERS SAFE.

THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL, BUT THE MAIN THING THEY HAVE IN
COMMON IS THAT THOSE WHO USE THEM
OFTEN GET HOOKED ON THEM AND THEN IT IS
VERY HARD TO STOP, EVEN WHEN YOU REALLY
WANT TO. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL
ADDICTION, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF
SOMEONE BEING ADDICTED TO SOMETHING.
YOU MAY HAVE ALSO HEARD OF OTHER
FAMILIAR TERMS SUCH AS SUBSTANCE
ABUSE, DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DRUG
ADDICTION.

PEOPLE OFTEN BEGIN TO USE DRUGS OR
DRINK A LOT OF ALCOHOL TO AVOID THE
THINGS THAT BOTHER THEM MOST. SOME
EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS PEOPLE MAY WANT
TO AVOID ARE: PRESSURE FROM
FRIENDS, STRESS IN THE FAMILY, HASSLES, THE
FEELING THAT ADULTS ARE ON THEIR CASE, OR
THE LOUSY FEELING OF BEING DIFFERENT
FROM EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE
START TO USE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TO MAKE
THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, DRINKING OR USING
DRUGS ONLY ENDS UP MAKING THINGS WORSE.
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS MAY MAKE A PERSON
FEEL GOOD FOR A SHORT TIME WHEN HIGH, BUT
WHEN THE HIGH WEARS OFF, THE PERSON FEELS
LOUSY AND MAY EVEN FEEL DEPRESSED. ONCE A
PERSON IS ADDICTED, ALL THEY BEGIN TO CARE
ABOUT IS GETTING HIGH, AND ONCE THE HIGH
WEARS OFF, THEY NEED TO TAKE MORE JUST TO FEEL
NORMAL AGAIN. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH
ADDICTION, IT MEANS IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO
STOP DRINKING OR DOING DRUGS. AN ADDICTED
PERSON FEELS LIKE THEY NEED DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
AND MAY FEEL SICK IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY.

DRUGS OR ALCOHOL BECOME ALL THAT THE
ADDICTED PERSON CAN THINK ABOUT AND THEY
MAY LIE, STEAL OR COMMIT OTHER CRIMES TO GET
MORE. SOME KIDS WHO DO DRUGS END UP
DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL AND MANY OLDER KIDS
AND ADULTS MAY STOP GOING TO WORK. THEY MAY
STOP CARING ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT DRUGS
AFTER A WHILE. EVEN THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THAT THEY USED TO CARE ABOUT WON'T BE
IMPORTANT. THEY MAY BECOME VERY HARD TO LIVE
WITH AND TO BE FRIENDS WITH AND MAY NOT
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY USED TO THINK WERE FUN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
ARE TAKEN OFTEN, THEY CAN CHANGE THE
PEOPLE WHO USE THEM IN ALL KINDS OF
WAYS. EVENTUALLY, EVEN THE PERSON'S BODY
DOESN'T WORK THE SAME (ESPECIALLY THE
BRAIN, LUNGS & LIVER) AND THEY COULD END
UP WITH PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. DRUGS
CHANGE HOW PEOPLE ACT AND THEY CHANGE
THE WAY PEOPLE FEEL. SOMEONE ON DRUGS
CAN HAVE ALL SORTS OF MOOD SWINGS
FROM HAPPY TO
ANGRY, UPSET, SAD, SCARED, EXCITED, TIRED
OR PARANOID.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL CAN LIMIT A
PERSON'S ABILITY TO MAKE GOOD
CHOICES. PEOPLE ADDICTED TO DRUGS
OR ALCOHOL MAY SAY THINGS THAT THEY
DON'T REALLY MEAN AND DO THINGS
THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO.
THEY MAY ALSO LOSE TOUCH WITH
REALITY AND THINK THAT THINGS ARE
BETTER OR WORSE THAN THEY REALLY
ARE.

THAT IS WHY THERE ARE LAWS THAT EITHER LIMIT OR
BAN THE USE OF CERTAIN DRUGS. LAWS ABOUT
DRUGS ARE TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPES, TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL
CAN CAUSE ADDICTION, BUT THEY ARE NOT AGAINST
THE LAW FOR ADULTS OVER A CERTAIN AGE TO USE.
NOT ALL ADULTS USE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO
PRODUCTS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY, BUT MOST DO, SO
THEY ARE NOT AGAINST THE LAW. MOST PEOPLE FEEL
THAT ADULTS UNDERSTAND WHAT ADDICTION IS AND
THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF AVOIDING IT, BUT THIS IS
NOT TRUE WITH ALL ADULTS, EVERYONE IS HUMAN
AND CAN MAKE MISTAKES BY BECOMING ADDICTED
TO THINGS.

DRUGS THAT ARE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WITH A
PRESCRIPTION BY A PHARMACY CAN CAUSE
ADDICTION, BUT MOST PATIENTS USE THEIR
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. IT IS
THE ILLEGAL DRUGS ON THE STREET AND AT PARTIES
THAT SEEM TO WORRY EVERYONE. THESE ITEMS ARE
EASY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO AND USUALLY LEAD
TO CRIMES BEING COMMITTED, SO THEY ARE AGAINST
THE LAW FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. NOT
EVERYONE LISTENS TO THE LAWS. SOME PEOPLE STILL
SMOKE WHEREVER THEY WANT, DRINK OR USE
DRUGS. THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS ALL OF THE
INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED OR KILLED BY
THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DISOBEY THE LAWS.

MANY ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED
BY THOSE WHO DECIDE TO
DRINK OR DO DRUGS AND DRIVE
CARS, BOATS, SHIPS, PLANES OR
TRAINS. MANY CRIMES ARE
COMMITTED BY THOSE WHO
ARE ON DRUGS AND ARE NOT
THINKING CLEARLY.

SOMETIMES THINGS MAY NOT EVEN SEEM
THAT HARMFUL ON THE SURFACE TO THE
PERSON WHO IS OFFENDING SOMEONE ELSE
BY SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. TOBACCO
SMOKE CAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE
SICK, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE ASTHMA OR
ALLERGIES. THROATS MAY BURN, EYES CAN
GET RED AND IT JUST MAKES THE AIR
UNCLEAN. SMOKE CAN ALSO CAUSE SERIOUS
MEDICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS CANCER, HEART
DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA AND BRONCHITIS.

PREGNANT WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS HARM
THE UNBORN BABIES INSIDE THEM. DRUGS
MAKE IT HARD FOR AN UNBORN BABY TO
GROW THE RIGHT WAY. ONCE THEY ARE
BORN, THESE BABIES MAY NEED TO STAY IN
THE HOSPITAL FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE
THEY ARE USUALLY BORN ADDICTED TO THE
SAME DRUGS THAT THEIR MOTHER WAS
TAKING. THE BABIES MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER
HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE
DRUGS THAT DID NOT ALLOW THEIR BODIES
TO GROW THE RIGHT WAY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

NOW DO YOU SEE WHY IT IS SMART TO SAY "NO" TO DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL? PLEASE ENCOURAGE OTHERS YOU KNOW TO
DO THE SAME! THE SMARTEST THING YOU CAN DO IS TO
NEVER START DOING DRUGS BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD ON
YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU
TRY TO QUIT. YOUR BRAIN MAY KNOW THAT DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL ARE BAD FOR YOU, BUT ONCE ADDICTED YOUR
BODY FEELS LIKE IT CANNOT DO WITHOUT IT! IF YOU OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL
YOU SHOULD TALK WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN ASSIST IN
FINDING THE HELP YOU NEED IN YOUR LOCAL AREA. THE
BEST PEOPLE TO TALK TO MIGHT BE A
COUNSELOR, TEACHER, DOCTOR, NURSE, PARENT OR A
MOULANA. BUT IN ORDER TO GET BETTER YOU OR THE
PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS ADDICTED HAS TO ADMIT
THERE IS A PROBLEM AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIND THE

SOCIAL FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTE
TO SUBSTANCE
ABUSE

SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A GROWING
TEENAGE AND YOUNG-ADULT PROBLEM
IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHAT MAY START OUT
AS A BIT OF FUN AND EXPERIMENTATION
CAN RESULT IN PERSONAL LONG-TERM
PROBLEMS (PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY
AND MENTALLY) AND OFTEN RESULTS IN
DEATH. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DESTROY
FAMILIES AND LIVES INDISCRIMINATELY.

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN
SOUTH AFRICA AND MANY OTHER
COUNTRIES IS HOW EASY IT IS TO
GET DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. AND
THE VARIETY IS ENORMOUS:
NICOTINE, MARIJUANA, HEROIN, B
ARBITUATES, BENZODIAZEPINE, CO
CAINE, OPIOIDS, OPIUM, ECSTACY
AND AMPHETAMINES.

AS YOUNG ADULTS IT IS OFTEN
DIFFICULT TO AVOID THE PEER
PRESSURE OR THE NEED TO
EXPERIMENT, BUT BEFORE YOU
DO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO.
AND THEN WEIGH UP THE VALUE
OF YOUR OWN LIFE AND YOUR
OWN FUTURE.

MANY MUSLIMS REGARD SMOKING AS
MAKROOH (DISLIKED) BY THE SHARIAH
BUT NOT HARAAM ( FORBIDDEN).
WHENEVER ADVICE IS GIVEN IN THIS
REGARD THEY CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT.
THOUGH PEOPLE KNOW THE EVIL EFFECTS
OF SMOKING, IT SEEMS THAT SHAYTAAN
AND THEIR NAFS WANTS THEM TO
CONTINUE WASTING THEIR MONEY AND
CAUSE HARM TO THEIR BODIES AND
HEALTH.

CERTAINLY, CIGARETTES WERE NOT
PRESENT DURING THE LIFETIME OF
THE PROPHET MUHAMMED
(S.A.W.), HOWEVER RULINGS AND
GUIDELINES WITH REGARDS TO
SIMILAR SUBSTANCES ARE
PRESENT IN : THE QUR’AAN AND
THE AUTHENTIC
SUNNAH.(HADITH)

AS A RULE, THE QUR’AAN FORBIDS
EVERY THING THAT IS EVIL. AS
ALLAH SAYS: “HE (THE PROPHET
MUHAMMED) ALLOWS THEM ALL
THAT IS GOOD AND LAWFUL, AND
PROHIBITS THEM AS UNLAWFUL
ALL THAT IS EVIL.” {SURAH AL-
AR’’AF (7): 157}

THE PROPHET, PEACE
BE UPON HIM, IS
REPORTED TO HAVE
SAID, 'DO NOT HARM
YOURSELVES OR
OTHERS.'

ALLAH (S.W.T) SAYS IN THE
QUR'AN THAT THE
PROPHET, PEACE BE UPON
HIM, 'ENJOINS UPON THEM
THAT WHICH IS GOOD AND
PURE, AND FORBIDS THEM
THAT WHICH IS

AL-NASAA’I (5666) NARRATED THAT ‘UTHMAAN (MAY ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM) SAID: “AVOID ALCOHOL FOR IT IS THE MOTHER OF
ALL EVILS. THERE WAS A MAN AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO CAME
BEFORE YOU WHO WAS A DEVOTED WORSHIPPER. A SEDUCTIVE
WOMAN FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, AND SHE SENT HER SLAVE-WOMAN
TO HIM TO CALL HIM TO BEAR WITNESS. HE WENT WITH THE SLAVE-
WOMAN, AND EVERY TIME THEY PASSED THROUGH A DOOR, SHE
LOCKED IT BEHIND THEM, UNTIL HE REACHED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
WITH WHOM WAS A CHILD AND A VESSEL OF WINE. SHE SAID, ‘I DID
NOT CALL YOU TO BEAR WITNESS, RATHER I CALLED YOU EITHER TO
HAVE INTERCOURSE WITH ME, OR TO DRINK A CUP OF THIS WINE, OR
TO KILL THIS CHILD.’ HE SAID, ‘POUR ME SOME OF THIS WINE.’ SO SHE
POURED HIM A CUP, THEN HE SAID, ‘GIVE ME MORE,’ AND HE DID NOT
STOP UNTIL HE HAD HAS INTERCOURSE WITH HER AND KILLED THE
CHILD. SO AVOID ALCOHOL, FOR BY ALLAAH FAITH AND ADDICTION TO
WINE CANNOT BE COMBINED EXCEPT SOON ONE OF THEM WILL BE
EXPELLED.”

“SATAN WANTS ONLY TO EXCITE
ENMITY AND HATRED BETWEEN
YOU WITH INTOXICANTS
(ALCOHOLIC DRINKS) AND
GAMBLING, AND HINDER YOU
FROM THE REMEMBRANCE OF
GOD AND FROM THE PRAYER.
SO, WILL YOU NOT THEN
ABSTAIN?” (QURAN 5:91)

ALCOHOL AFFECTS THE MIND AND MAKES
SINFUL BEHAVIOUR AND EVIL ACTIONS FAIR
SEEMING. IT CREATES ENMITY AND HATRED
BETWEEN PEOPLE, PREVENTS THEM FROM
REMEMBERING GOD AND DISTRACTS THEM
FROM PRAYING, AND CALLS THEM TO
PARTICIPATE IN UNLAWFUL SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS. ALCOHOL GENERATES
SHAME, REGRET, AND DISGRACE, AND
RENDERS THE DRINKER WITLESS. IT LEADS TO
THE DISCLOSURE OF SECRETS AND EXPOSURE
OF FAULTS.

ISLAM TAKES AN UNCOMPROMISING
STAND TOWARDS ALCOHOL AND
FORBIDS ITS CONSUMPTION IN
EITHER SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES.
ALCOHOL IS UNDOUBTEDLY HARMFUL
AND ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE MIND
AND THE BODY. IT CLOUDS THE
MIND, CAUSES DISEASE, WASTES
MONEY, AND DESTROYS
INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND

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