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166Why are people taking drugs, anyway?Some people take drugs for personal growth, which the TM program provides. Others use drugs for self-medication, which the deep healing of TM addresses in a different way. The experience of the TM technique is deeply satisfying, as is increased success in activity, so drug abuse drops away because the desire for the drugs fades.A Prisoner at Niedershonenfeld Prison GermanyFor three years I was totally dependent on morphine. Then, after breaking into a chemist%u2019s shop and being sent to prison, I was forced to give up hard drugs. This did not mean that I no longer desired drugs; there was hardly a day when I did not think of the syringe, it just depended on my mood%u2014sometimes more, sometimes less. The urge to use the syringe behind bars was much greater because I thought it would make me totally free. This is what I thought until I started the Transcendental Meditation program. I very soon discovered that my thoughts turned less toward drugs and today I don%u2019t even think about drugs at all. I am very happy about that. I know that man%u2019s desire for freedom can only be satisfied by meditation because meditation means to be free.I look forward to many more such insights.