drugs and alcohol abuse #9

Our nation’s youth are plagued by an all too common disease…drug/alcohol abuse. Drastic measures need to be taken so that these radical events get placed under control. When a teen becomes an addict, he/she goes far beyond the scope of just harming his/herself. It affects every person that is emotionally tied to the victim. Often, the signs show up in the teen’s schoolwork. Action should be taken the immediate second a teacher or counselor notices the problem.

Some teens start using drugs at a young age, sometimes as young as age 13. They often start by trying the drug and experimenting with them, and also by peer pressure. Drugs can become a habit and often plays a big role in their education. They become more clueless and tend to forget what they are trying to learn, others also start by missing class and failing to complete assignments. Depending on the substance they use the problems may vary. When teens become addicted they lose friends, develop health problems. They don’t seem to be active in any sports. They tend to change the kind of friends they have, because of honest friends that try to help them out, but they reject the help and continue with friends that abuse the substance. The reasons teens choose to use drugs vary widely. Some teens use drugs to be popular or to fit in with their friends, and others because they say they have problems at home, or they simply want attention from their parents. Problems at home can occur, and many disagreements with others. If they have siblings they become a bad example Youth’s immature physical, emotional, and psychological development make them more susceptible than adults to the harmful effects of drug abuse. Teens health effects of teen drug abuse can vary, depending on some factors like how often and how much they use drugs, how quickly it gets to their brain, if they use different drugs at the sometime, their body size and their own chemistry in their body.