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Terasava Yuu

Terasava Yuu

Terasava Yuu

The journalist-lawyer, Japan


 

Questions

  • Doctors tend not to talk about "recovered drug addicts," and prefer the term "inactive addicts" those who dont use drugs right at given moment. In your opinion, is it not possible to get rid of this label? Even in the opinion of drug treatment experts, patients remain forever addicted. How can the modern society be taught to have an adequate attitude toward former drug addicts and consider them as a part of the society?

    Drug use is punishable by law in Japan. Because of this, many drug addicts hide their illness. This is very dangerous: if a person makes a mistake once, he will have to live as an outcast for his whole life. It is necessary to arrange anonymous advisory bodies with highly qualified professionals, so that drug addicts can find help and not live with their disease all their lives.

  • In you opinion how important is parental education and relationships within the family in preventing drug addiction?

    If parents use drugs, it is inevitable that a child sooner or later will become an addict. There are advisory bodies for children exposed to the influence of drugs. In order to prevent addiction among children, parents themselves should be aware of the dangers of drugs.

  • What should be in the Internet age and growth of online communities informational methods to combat drug addiction? What do you think, what means will be most effective today, and how the state should behave in order to successfully affect the suffering of drug addiction and to conduct prevention among healthy population?

    In today's world there are different types of drugs, and more of them appear in the market. In this respect, Internet plays a particularly important role in providing accurate information to people around the world. Of course, I do not use drugs and haven’t even tried smoking cigarettes. Some people say that drugs are less harmful than cigarettes, but it is an empty excuse for addicts, I do not agree with them. The state is trying to somehow control illegal drugs, but in forgets of other drug containing substances. This is the reality of today's world. In my opinion, in order to improve the situation, we need a specific mechanism of communication; in this case, the Internet is an indispensable tool. We are talking about the fate of mankind and therefore we must not limit ourselves to national borders.


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