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Question
Value based question
Once a person starts taking drugs or alcohol it is difficult to get rid of the habit. Why?
Solution
The addictive potential of the drugs pulls the individual into a viscous cycle leading to regular abuse and depending. Moreover, some drugs act in the brain and alter the behaviour, consciousness, power of thinking and perception.
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