Teen drug abuse

Darryn Garner

Mrs. Zurkowski

10/1/10

Greens

Position Research Paper

           

            Parents really need to help their child out when it comes down to their teenage child when it comes down to their drug usage. This is becoming a huge crime. What if your child was out there getting high and in trouble?.  Parents really need to support their child and keep an good eye on them. Here are some ideas that parents can use to help their teenager.  Parents can monitor and make sure they know what type of area their child is going to. Parents can watch change in behavior, call them on it, and then do something to help it. Parents should also educate their child on what drugs can do to your body and brain. In addition tell their child about life experiences they had with peer pressure, with drugs, and friends. The types of parents that have children who do this stuff need to act now. Here is a quote I found in one of my articles. “Parents that have addictive children need to take precautions immediately.”(daly) Illegal drug use is a continuing problem between all ages despite drug education in schools, and drugs can kill and ruin a person.

“I think drugs are nasty and disgusting. I could never imagine me doing drugs or any other substance that could harm me.” In this paragraph I am going to tell you what drugs can do to a person. When you use drugs you are un-coordinated, clumsy, and confused. Drugs may cause a lot of havoc in your life around you. Drugs creates a disconnection between your brain and body, which makes it harder to live your average life. When you take drugs and get high or drunk it’s a good chance by either the police catching you with it or by the way you act when you’re on it you will be arrested or some type of punishment will be enforced. You really shouldn’t use drugs in my opinion, a quote I read in one of my article’s which really sums up the whole reason why you shouldn’t do drugs is “When someone gets high/drunk it’s hard for them to function normally.”(magid) That really sums it up to me if you don’t want to get in a lot of trouble or not being able to function right don’t do drugs.

            I think some teens don’t want to do drugs and I will give you some examples on why young teenagers do drugs like this. I think most teenagers do drugs because they think it’s cool to smoke and drink to impress their friends. In addition I think their friends peer pressure them into wanting to impress them so that they would smoke and do drugs. Also some teenagers do drugs because they feel left out or feel as if that they’re the only ones not doing it. Sometimes teens just do drugs because they have stress and just need to do something to relief their selves. A quote I read from out of my articles is “the teens that tend to have trouble with severe peer pressure are usually the ones on drugs”.(moore)

            I also know that it’s hard for some people to not do drugs or quit. For instance, the teenagers that don’t have parents that care or are supportive about drugs and the usage of them. The teens with parents that are like this, feel that if their parents don’t mind, then it isn’t anything wrong with doing drugs and drinking. The teenagers knowing its wrong shouldn’t follow their parents and do the right thing. In addition with all this negative non-supportive behavior in the teenager’s household, doing drugs just make it worse. In addition I can understand why some teenagers that have a lot of stress and anger around them may do drugs. When teenagers are always arguing with their parents, aren’t popular in school, and people make fun of them it’s easy enough for them to feel like drugs are the key out. This is a false statement. Teenagers need to find another way besides drugs to overcome their stress. With the stress built in they should talk with someone, pray with someone, and just find a way to relief their stress besides drugs.

            Drugs are a crazy and ridiculous thing to do. I feel drugs are wrong no matter what your situation is. Drugs can kill you and ruin your body completely. People on drugs need to find a different conclusion to their problems at home or anywhere. I feel if your on drugs the issue isn’t at home its right in front of you. ( the smoking) I hate the smell and just the usage of smoke. I hate smoking I want somebody to do something about smoking. We also need to get people to help people who use them

Work cited

Daly, Melissa. "Avoid a Hookup Hangover." Current Health 2 (Vol. 36, No. 5). Jan 2010: S.1-S.4. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010

Magid, Jennifer. "Huffing: A Deadly High." Current Health 1 (Vol. 33, No. 3). Nov 2009: 20. SIRS Researcher. Web. 23 Sep 2010

Moore, Amy. "Drug Tests Effective in Prevention, Study Shows." McClatchy - Tribune Business News. 14 Jul 2010: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 04 Oct 2010.