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ADDICTION (2018) | Kent Enlightens Nepal | Inter Uni Drama Competition

Addiction is a play that means a lot to us, as lots of young people are suffering from drug abuse and needs immediate attention for help. We wanted to portray and raise issues of the danger of taking illegal substances and how it can affect an innocent person. I hope this video sends a message to the government in Nepal to take action and tighten up the drug policy. Also, to the Nepalese families and communities in the UK to raise awareness of this serious matter to their children. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this play and know someone who needs help from drug addiction. You can find help and support https://www.talktofrank.com ADDICTION (2018) Storyline: A foreign teenager student named Samir comes to UK from Nepal with his father, Deepak. He wants his son to get the best education, who does really well in lessons and gets help from his teacher Mr Lee. However through bad influence from his classmate, Daniel he gets involved with drug addiction and sadly is unable to control his life. Cast - University of St Mary's: Samir = Pradip Gurung (BA Acting) Deepak = William Rodrigues (Film and Screen Media) Mr Lee = Tommy Furukawa (Business Management) Daniel = James Valente (BA Acting) Narrator = Lewis Auckland (Film and Screen Media) Written and Directed - Pradip Gurung. Produced - University of St Mary's and Gulbenkian Theatre. Sound and Lighting - Bishim Shrestha Songs: The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize Shutter Island - On The Nature Of Daylight Thomas Newman - Road To Perdition Special Thanks - University of Kent Nepalese Society. Judges - Gaumaya Gurung, Sanam Kumar Bairag, and Samir Gurung. Originally shown 18th February, 2018 at Gulbenkian Theatre during Inter-Uni Drama competition. The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. Copyright © 2018 University of St Mary's. All Rights Reserved. MMXVIII

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Flight 2176B from Nepal to London has landed. Daniel takes Samir behind the school shed where he pressures Samir to trying some drugs. Meanwhile, Samir seems to be missing Mr Lee's lessons and has an urgent meeting with his father, Deepak. I'm sorry Dad. A month has passed and Samir's behaviour has not improved he refuses to listen to his father and his teacher and his grades continue to drop. You see these a lot nowdays Back in the day, there use to be lots of Weed users When you smoke, there's
a chemical inside called THC and Neurotoxic, two chemicals inside. The THC will damage the mind completely and Neurotoxic will damage the central nervous system which makes the person become crazy. If the person is stupid and they have a history of taking drugs that addiction would have started from smoking weed. I haven't done anything wrong, Dad! Get off me! Look Dad. This is called Weed! Samir was lucky to be alive and taken to Nepal to receive treatment at Narconon Drug Rehabilitation centr
e. More than thousands of people like Samir's age have been treated and left drug free. However, there has been estimated around 50 thousands drug abusers in Nepal and large number of drug addicts have been found between the ages of 16 to 20. In the UK, 15% of school students had taken drugs 10% had taken drugs in the last year, and 6% had taken drugs in the last month. In Nepal, the abuse of drug addiction has led to increase number of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and other sexually transmitted disea
ses. In 2014 in UK, there were 2,248 deaths which were related to drug misuse. If you know someone who has a drug problem there's lots of help available on the NHS. Or if you and your friend want to talk in private you can call FRANK on 0300 123 6600 a 24 hours Drug advice helpline service. Thank you.

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@SagarLimbuChannel

Wow. Very powerful and strong performance. Thoroughly enjoyed the story since it fits with the current issues and raises awareness within our society. Whether it’s in Nepal, UK or wherever, this is common. We need to spread awareness of drug addiction and negative impacts associated with it. And this does just that. That’s why I’m really impressed with the video (drama). Well done bro and to everyone.

@Ikaros10032

This was great, I really felt the emotions of the characters and the music blended in very well I also really liked the transitioning from scene to scene