Drug Abuse Among Teens :: Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse

IntroductionDrugs ab expenditure is serious problem in the United States, curiously among teenagers. According to National Drug Intelligence Center (2003) 7.5 million American adolescents aged 12 to 17 used drugs at least once during their lifetime. Teens go bad to experiment with drugs from a young age and do not think about drugs negative consequences. Butler (2010) claims that drug addiction will lead to problems at university or school and loss of alertness, which can cause to injury. likewise it will affect mood, change system of values and lead to depression. As a result, teenagers who use drugs have a risk for felo-de-se. Nowadays, they vilification both legal and illegal drugs. Also drug accessibility is one of the causes of adolescent abuse. The majority of teenagers aged 12-17 wank it easily from friends or relatives. (Office of National Drug Control Policy 2007). Moreover there are other possible factors, such as pressure from friends, upset self-appraisal, stress, relationships with parents. This essay will look at drug abusing problem among teenagers in the United States and analyse in detail possible reasons and solutions for drug addiction.BackgroundTeenagers abuse a variety of drugs. Any of them both legal and illegal can have immediate or long term health consequences. As account by NIDA in 2003 year 40.2 percent of high school students had used marijuana. Majuana is the illegal narcotic. Youths who used it before 17-years-olds indicated smaller brain and they are smaller in height and weight than teens who used marijuana after age 17. In addition, marijuana adversely affect on memory, distorts the perception of sound, time, touch for short term. American teens use inhalant as well. Adolescent find it in spray paint, glue and shoe polish. TeenDrugAbuse.us states, that regular use of inhalants can result in bosom disease, liver and kidney damages. Also the most common drugs among youth in United States are ecstasy, cocaine, crack, sp eed and heroin. Legal drugs such as prescribed medications and alcohol is popular today. Moreover, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy in 2005 year 2.1 million teenagers abused prescription drugs and these drugs are the most common among 12-13-years-olds. Also American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry claim that drug use is increased risk poor judgment which may lead to accidents, violence, suicide and unplanned, unsafe sex, which may cause HIV.Factors That Influence Teenagers to Drug AbuseFirstly, home and family are major factor.