Essay On Drug Abuse Among Teenagers

Two actions could helps us achieve this: First, there should be better educations and to adults and new generations warning them about the effects marijuana has on their health. Most people that smoke marijuana do not have enough knowledge or are not educated, and therefore do not know about the bad effects marijuana has on their health. Education is very important; teenagers are at a danger growing up. Hanging out with friends that might have bad influence on them. The only way to keep them away from the danger of marijuana is to teach them and explain what marijuana could do to their health.

Measurements demonstrate that drug abuse is a developing issue among teenagers. Drugs should be forbidden all over the world because for teenagers it destroys their social life. On the other hand, many teenagers believe that it should remain because it helps them to cover from painful memories in their past. Despite the many causes and effects of drug abuse, two of the main causes are Lack of parent to child communication and low self-esteem and two of the main effects are Health problems and Behavioral problems.

After the terrible happening of Residential Schools, the neverending history of suffering can cause a child to reciprocate their feelings by abusing substances. In Tracey Lindberg’s Birdie, it’s stated briefly of the ways in which Bernice relies on alcohol on many lonely nights. “She knows that she shouldn’t have gone to the motel with him. There are a lot of shouldn’t haves. Drunk gin.

Teenagers are very different in personalities some teenagers like to get in trouble and some don’t think of what will happen next in their everyday lifestyle. Their was this book that i have read and it was about teenagers doing drugs and drinking and they were making careless mistakes and some of the teenagers will not do any of those things because they think of the consequences. Also some teenager will do a lot of things like not driving right making wrong turns and other things but they get over it and pick up from the beginning. Some people believe that teenagers are careless and don’t think about their consequences. Teenagers are careless in public and in school because they are in front of other people and try to do bad things and show off.

They cannot adapt with that situation and tends to solve it by attempting suicide. Teenagers commit suicide because they cannot cope with the stress related matter such as depression and substances abuse, but counseling session, reading and watching films, and also highest attention from parents can reduce the number of suicide from increasing day by day. The first causes that cause teenagers to attempt suicide are depression. Depression is one part of a large role in suicide.

In the story “Go Ask Alice” what really stood out to me was the drug use in the teenagers. The first time someone uses a drug of abuse, he or she experience unnaturally intense feelings of pleasure. We live in a drug taking society. The most harm and the greatest risk to young people comes from using legal drugs (cigarettes, alcohol, and medicines). Young people are curious in the sense of what is it that everyone like about this drug, so soon they start to experiment, and that is when the illegal drugs take place.

Kids are afraid of being caught doing bad things such as drugs. “He just called your name so you get so scared you 're in trouble," said Brooke Flickinger. "So you start freaking out, it 's something else”,... (Flickinger 1).Kids are afraid of getting caught because they know that they will get in trouble. If kids realize that the school is taking surprize drug tests it

The use of alcohol is very controversial to all people especially to adults and young adults. Some adults feel that young adults are going to get alcohol poisoned or get abused by others. Young adults feel that lowering the legal age for drinking would be beneficial to their life and health. The legal age should stay the same because people’s health will be affected, crime and violence will increase, and people’s social lives will be affected. Many organs can be damaged by alcohol and this can lead many problem in the future.

Here are some risk in teen drug use rejection from society, failure in life like school and other aspects, People thinking that drugs are ok every now and then is a very common risk factor. The drugs can make people’s driving very seriously dangerous, Teens also think that drugs can build an independence and it can be also because of family using them or because of abusive parents can make them use

There many causes of substance abuse amongst teens in SA but the main ones are Depression and peer pressure. Teens experience and temporary high or wooziness during the intake of the drug. The long term effects on substance abuse are muscle fatigue, lung failure, kidney failure and brain damage and potentially cancer. Substance abuse plays a big role in death due to drunk driving and death due illusions created

Second, Illegal sale of marijuana in Crenshaw Boulevard. Teenagers by using this drugs are getting addicted to it. Due to lack of money to buy it, they are practicing crime to acquire money. By using drugs they are not able to concentrate on the studies and are eventually dropping from school. This leads to unemployment and will make them criminals eventually.

I have settled this opinion after conducting research on this topic. I have found out that child soldiers are often forced into fighting through false promises. They also forced into fighting through drugs and alcohol. The drug, often cocaine mixed with gunpowder, brainwashed the children to the point where they would rather not escape from the fear disentangle around them. I personally believe anyone who as to surrender to such fear and atrocities should not be prosecuted for the crime

Steroids don’t just harm the emotional part of a student. In another article, a quote by Adler read, “Steroids can have long-lasting and sometimes irreversible side effects on the body. Anabolic steroids have been linked to increased cholesterol, stroke and blood clots, urinary and bowel problems, and problems with the musculoskeletal system”(Steroid Use). High schools, and the student’s parents, need to start protecting their students from these harmful medical effects of steroids. In a report done by CBS News, it

Children born to cocaine users suffer from the harmful pre-natal exposure to the drug and are often times subjected to parental abuse by their addicted parents (“Effects of Cocaine in Society”, 2006). In the workplace, cocaine is costly in terms of lost work time and inefficiency. Cocaine users are more likely than nonusers to have occupational accidents which endangering themselves and those around them. The effects of cocaine on society can be seen in drug-related crime statistics.

The common conception of drug users typically involves low-income minority individuals who reside in urban areas. Drug use is often thought to coincide with other social issues such as crime, sexual promiscuity, violence, and lack of employment. The National Household Survey illustrated a correlation between socioeconomic status and ethnic background in predicting the use of illicit drugs. However, the connection between racial background and drug use is more complex than it appears and the effect of socioeconomic status on drug use is often ignored. Middle class drug users are more likely to be viewed as doing drugs “the right way”.