ENGLISH SPEECH
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Topic : Drugs
Title : Drugs and Young Generation
Grade : Intended to use for Indonesian students: SMP, MTs, SMA, MA, SMK, College
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Good morning, everybody...! Thank you very much for the chance that has been given to me.
My name is……….. I am a student of SMP / SMA……….
On this occasion I would like to talk about ‘Drugs and Young Generation’.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
Thousands of young men have wasted their lives because of illicit drugs in our country,
Indonesia. They were mostly victims of a ‘cruel’ environment, a broken-home family, of
ignorance, of curiosity or particularly of the illegal drugs mafia. It is estimated that around 4
million people in Indonesia illicit drug users – about one in every 50 Indonesians. In the
capital city of Jakarta, it is estimated that three out of ten young people are users. A study by
the International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Indonesia showed that around four per
cent of illicit drug users in the country are children under 17 years old. Two out of ten users
are involved in illicit trafficking. Some teenagers start being involved in producing and
trafficking drugs between the ages of 13 and 15. Chairman of the National Narcotics
Coordinating Board said that the country’s illicit drug users include around 7,000 junior high
school students, over 10,000 senior high school students and about 800 elementary school
students.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
People usually take drugs to have fun or escape the pressures of life. Drug users among
students are particularly worrying. It was reported that a number of traffickers operate around
schools by cheating, forcing or giving free illicit drugs to students. Once the students are
addicted, they then go to the traffickers to buy the illicit drugs. If they do not have money,
they steal it from their family members or others. Narkoba is the Indonesian term for
narcotics, psychotropic and addictive substances. Psychotropic substances popularly called
Ecstasy and Shabu-shabu are considered favorites among the middle and upper class users.
However, for an increasing number of young people, the drug of choice is low-grade heroin,
known as putaw, which is cheap, plentiful, but potentially deadly. These drugs are readily
available in all major urban areas, including schools, bars, cafes, discotheques, nightclubs, and
they even spread into remote villages. Therefore it is not surprising that drug users continue to
increase from year to year.
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Ladies and Gentlemen…
The facts above show us how familiar “Narkoba” issues in our young generation. First we
should know what’s the meaning of drugs addiction? Drug addiction is a complex brain
disease. It is characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking, and
use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. Drug seeking becomes
compulsive, in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning
and, thus, on behavior. For many people, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses
possible even after long periods of abstinence. It warns us how serious the consequences of
using drugs.
Ladies and Gentlemen…
Drug abuse has also contributed to the increase of HIV/AIDS patients, through the usage of
unsterile injections. According to a report based on an illicit drug and injection safety study of
20 Asian countries conducted by the Center for Harm Reduction in Australia’s Burnet
Institute, drug injecting is spreading to all the countries [of Asia] and its popularity is
increasing. Our Country, Indonesia have up to 1 million drug injectors, and 19% of them were
infected HIV/AIDS. How dangerous the drugs abuse for us.
This is an extremely serious issue for us. It's a threat that could kill an entire generation. One
generation of this nation will be lost if we do not take action together and immediately. In
short, we must be ready to go to war against illicit drugs and the war must start from home.
Then, what can we do as the young generation? Preventing is better than curing. Avoid drugs;
don’t ever think to try just because you are curious. Why? Because once you try, you will be
trapped and later become addicted; and the addiction will finally turn you into criminals or
take your lives. We have so many examples around us, what happened to the users. Some
become crazy, some was going to the jail, and the others were died. All of them loose their
future. I believe we don’t want such things happened to ourselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters…
Now… it is time for us to say ‘NO’ to drugs. It’s time for us to arrange our future. It’s time for
us to face the world with our ability. It’s time for us to prove that we can do something better
for our beloved country, Indonesia.
Thank you.
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