Negative Consequences

Illegal drugs can affect one’s mind in such a way it makes us do the unthinkable. More often than not, it can cause negative consequences even death. Drug addicts will do anything just to get their daily ‘fix’. Even for the well-off people, funding drugs can be difficult; the more you consume, the more it drives you to get more. However, for underprivileged people it drives them mad, thinking about where they will get money to fund their addiction.

The most effective way

One great deal about drug addiction is it’s very treatable. With the modern medicine available today, various treatment programs can help people recover from addiction. Health care professionals designed treatment programs even for chronic addiction. But the simplest yet effective intervention for drug addiction exists among use – kindness.

Finding Hope in Unusual Places

Drug addicts commonly get discriminated by society, often labeling them as criminals. Nevertheless, they can still find hope in unusual places. This exactly what happened to a burglar who was given another chance to get his life back. During a burglary, Stefan Boyle threatened Ali Yassine with a knife and stole his phone. Upon investigation, Boyle had 110 previous convictions and 63 are for burglary. Instead of getting the usual verdict, the judge gave him another chance at life and took him back to custody. His story continues…

“A BURGLAR WITH a history of drug addiction has thanked a judge for “saving” his life by putting him back into custody.

During a burglary of a mosque in November 2016 Stefan Boyle (30) lunged at Ali Yassine with a knife and stole his phone. Shortly afterwards Yassine sat down with Boyle and made him scrambled eggs.

Boyle, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary of Ali Hussain House, Milltown Bridge, Dundrum on 2 November, 2016. He has 110 previous convictions, 63 of which are for burglary and the court heard he has a history of drug and alcohol addiction issues.

Earlier this year Judge Karen O’Connor gave consent to Boyle to take bail in order to attend a drug treatment residential programme. Boyle attended this but the court heard in March that he had later taken cocaine and Judge O’Connor said she would give him one more chance

At a hearing last month Boyle asked Judge O’Connor if he could be sent back to custody because he was struggling and finding it difficult on bail.”

Read his fight to recover from addiction here.