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/^t/The list of the causes why people use drugs is very long and differentiated. Most people start with using "soft drugs" out of curiosity, for pleasure or excitement. Later on, however, drugs become the essential part of their lives and they become drug addicts. This concerns mostly "hard drugs", like heroin or cocaine. People's using drugs is the result of psychological or emotional problems of some kind. Relying on drugs, in their opinion, brings them relief, pleasure or a means of escaping from these problems. This, of course, is a falacious delusion.