Drug Addiction?

Question by Chequetta w: drug addiction?
why do people become drug addicts, considering all the negative things it does to the person, like losing all your friends, family, personal things not to mention the damage it does to your health,I lost my older sister to a drug overdose , its really a sore spot with me….

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Answer by Redbone
because sometimes drugs makes them forget about all their problems and it makes them feel good so they crave it and that is how they become addicts.

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