Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine. Drug addiction can start with experimental use of a recreational drug in social situations, and, for some people, the drug use becomes more frequent.

For others, particularly with opioids, drug addiction begins when they take prescribed medicines or receive them from others who have prescriptions. The risk of addiction and how fast you become addicted varies by drug. Some drugs, such as opioid painkillers, have a higher risk and cause addiction more quickly than others.

Indus Canada Foundation is concerned about the increasing use of drugs among the youth population in Calgary. We believe that it is important to address this issue in order to protect the health and well-being of young people in our community. We will be working on initiatives to educate young people about the dangers of drug use and to provide support and resources to those who may be struggling with addiction. We will also be working with local organizations and authorities to develop strategies to address the root causes of drug use and to reduce its prevalence in our community.

We will encourage families to support their loved ones suffering from addictions and make these families understand that addiction is an illness. We will encourage people with live experiences to speak out and mentor others struggling with this. We will also encourage affected families to share their experiences so others can learn and do the same as well.

Indus Canada Foundation will focus on men and women ages 25 and 39, youth ages 13 and 18, and families as a whole by providing them more knowledge on the issue of addiction, and how to recognize its signs. We will inform people of various available resources that can help them. We will also involve community leaders, faith leaders, peer support groups, stay at home housewives, and some of the most isolated population about necessary ways to tackle issues of this type.