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/^t/People use drugs because they have to. There comes the time when drug addicts have to take the drug in order to stop suffering, to kill the pain which is present in every part of their bodies. This feeling has nothing to do with the experience of pleasure and freedom. Getting a dose of a drug becomes the matter of life and death. The organism needs it to stay alive. At this stage, one cannot talk about willingness or desire. The need to take another dose is the only feeling a drug addict experiences, apart from the pain. In the end, it is not possible to state whet the reason for taking the drug is. It is no longer "a drug-taking", it is an addiction and there is no way to escape it.