#DRUGSDESTROYLIVES

DRUG ABUSE

A drug is any substance that affects the human brain and the function of the body. Most of us have heard countless times that drug abuse isn’t beneficial – the word “abuse” is in the name, after all. But a lot of people don’t realize just how dangerous it can be, both to the person using and the people that person loves and cares about.

ADVANTAGES OF USING THE #DRUGS DESTROY LIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

•  Awareness Campaigns

Social media increases awareness rapidly about this topic. It affects people in the communities by protecting their children into doing drugs. Organisations will create campaigns to manoeuvre this policy to clean out all drugs on the "streets".

• Impact on the public figure

ARREST CASES

Police arrest cases reported on social media about drug abuse, creates an impact towards the young generation to stop doing drugs.

• Confessions on social media

CONFESSIONS

The only problem solver when it comes to the truth about drugs is through the way of those who have been there. The confessions about this topic on social media influences other people not to get into doing drugs or to trigger the reader to avoid going down the same route.

DISADVANTAGES OF USING THE #DRUGS DESTROY LIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

•  Illiteracy.

This is the most common issue. People tend to ignore the facts/dangers of drugs on social media and instead continue doing them. 

• Withdrawal

This refers to finding it hard to stop taking drugs such as heroin or cocaine, after going through this topic on social media. Many people will decide not to quit because it is very hard but rather keep on taking drugs to relieve stress. 

SOLUTIONS TO THE #DRUGS DESTROY LIVES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

• Educate the Youth.

 A good start for this initiative is from the grassroot level. Educating our future leaders about the dangers of using drugs will make a difference especially in schools.

• Helpful Collaborations.

DRUGS CAMPAIGN

Organisational campaigns will bring about the dangers of drugs through advertising on social media. Assistance from different communities will make a better way of change as far as cleaning out all the drug lords involved in societies.

• Internet Influencers

These are the people who are always looked up to by the young generation. Media has a lot of massive influence towards young people. Therefore, social media influencers such as celebrities to be specific, tweeting about this topic on twitter, will decrease the number of drug abuse by the youth. 

COME TOGETHER

#KEEPENVIRONMENTCLEAN

An environment should be clean and neat always: referring to any area where humans or even plants and animals live. A clean environment results in a lovely fresh air and reduces pollution.

Healthy Environment

ADVANTAGES OF USING THE #KEEP ENVIRONMENT CLEAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

•  Creates Awareness.

Be Aware

Social media increases awareness about the topic and how it affects people in communities. it will help organisations such as Eskom to be aware of how they could keep the environment clean without harming nature and making sure it's safe and clean. It will also keep communities aware that keeping environment clean helps reduces littering and pollution which can have negative effects resulting in spreading of diseases.

• Influence. 

Organizations who specialize on campaigns such as " GO GREEN " will find interest to this hash tag on social media platforms and before you know it, it's trending and within a short period of time people start to react.

DISADVANTAGES OF USING THE #KEEP ENVIRONMENT CLEAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

1. Ignorance.

This happens a lot on social media. Setting less following; people usually tend to ignore such topics when they come across them on twitter or lnstagram. This is so because the topic is not meant for everyone because we are not all into recycling.

Littering

2. No Guaranteed Feedback.

This is the most common problem. One post about the topic on social media in a way of requesting for feedback from the public, before you know it, only a few will engage towards it. This mostly applies especially when we look at air pollution .

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRATEGIC USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

• Recycle the Waste Products

Waste products such as glass, plastic bottles and paper should be recycled rather than disposed of in dump sites/bins. This saves a clean environment.

It prevents burning smoke that 
results in massive air pollution. 

People should avoid using disposal plastic bags.

Instead make use of the reusable 
colour bins for the mentioned 
waste products.

Recycled Waste Bins

• Avoid Pollution

This refers to air or water pollution. In areas with little vegetation, planting of trees should be implemented to reduce water pollution. Trees prevents rainwater that carries harmful pollutants which could be fertilizers and oil.

Clean Pollution

Air pollution is caused by factory industries/vehicles. The use of fuel technologies reduces air pollution in terms of oil that produces fewer emissions.