Dont Get Me Started on Drug Abuse
Don’t Get Me Started On Drug Abuse
Drug abuse is no longer defined by the World Health Organization as a recognized current medical diagnosis. Instead, they have adopted substance abuse including drug abuse and other things.
Do you agree that drug abuse among young people is a serious problem that we need to be more concerned about? In the United Kingdom, there are several recent studies released which show an increasing statistical trend in drug abuse affecting young people. Due to the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) in 2006, 23% of 13-year-old teens and over 53% of 15 year-old teens reported that they had ever used illegal drugs in their lives. From the above statistical information, we can know drug abuse in teenagers is becoming more of a problem each year as our culture changes.
The strongest temptations for youngsters’ drug abuse are usually because of the adolescents are curious. Given the easy availability of drugs, the temptation is really hard to resist. Some of them are looking for extreme excitement caused by drugs, it is also one of the main reasons that the youngsters take up this habit. Young people may turn to drugs as they want to escape from their personal problems or relieve a physical pain and in time they may become dependent on drugs. Also, youngsters like to form groups. If most members in the group take drugs, the rest will follow. This is another example how young people’s behavior can be influenced by their peer group.
A lot of young people, drug users or not, may not know what they what to know what to do with their lives. These feelings of insecurity and disillusionment may lead them to drugs. However, this never leads to peace and happiness but always leads to a lot of harmful effects. It may lead to physical dependency. Drugs will not affect only directly after they are taken. In another words, when the effect of the drug runs out, there will be uncomfortable signs urging the
Drug abuse is no longer defined by the World Health Organization as a recognized current medical diagnosis. Instead, they have adopted substance abuse including drug abuse and other things.
Do you agree that drug abuse among young people is a serious problem that we need to be more concerned about? In the United Kingdom, there are several recent studies released which show an increasing statistical trend in drug abuse affecting young people. Due to the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) in 2006, 23% of 13-year-old teens and over 53% of 15 year-old teens reported that they had ever used illegal drugs in their lives. From the above statistical information, we can know drug abuse in teenagers is becoming more of a problem each year as our culture changes.
The strongest temptations for youngsters’ drug abuse are usually because of the adolescents are curious. Given the easy availability of drugs, the temptation is really hard to resist. Some of them are looking for extreme excitement caused by drugs, it is also one of the main reasons that the youngsters take up this habit. Young people may turn to drugs as they want to escape from their personal problems or relieve a physical pain and in time they may become dependent on drugs. Also, youngsters like to form groups. If most members in the group take drugs, the rest will follow. This is another example how young people’s behavior can be influenced by their peer group.
A lot of young people, drug users or not, may not know what they what to know what to do with their lives. These feelings of insecurity and disillusionment may lead them to drugs. However, this never leads to peace and happiness but always leads to a lot of harmful effects. It may lead to physical dependency. Drugs will not affect only directly after they are taken. In another words, when the effect of the drug runs out, there will be uncomfortable signs urging the