I choose to do my research on teen drug abuse because i felt like people really need to realize how important this issue is.Teen drug abuse is a big issue in teenage society today and i think this issue needs to be talked about more than it has.Teens need to be heard and also need to feel like their important.There are so many reasons why teens turn to drugs or alcohol and their parents need to learn about those reasons.Some of the reasons are peer pressure, lack of attention, parents aren't in their lives, they think that it's cool, or because they see someone else is doing it.I"m a teen and i know about all the things teens go through in the world and all the problems they have.I've been through a lot of tough times and the reason why I chose not to turn to drugs is because i had my parents behind me and they let me know that drugs aren't the way to go.I learned that teens need to realize that drugs can't help you with your problems and that they sure can't take place of your parents.I learned that parents only see what they want to see.They need to focus on their teens behavior and their academic performance because it can change from the drugs.Teens can go from straight A students to a failing student and the parents would sit back and not realize that their teen is failing in school because of lack of attention.The parents would go blaming their selves instead of seeing the truth that their teens chose that road.Teens should never feel like they can't talk to their parents.The only reason why teens avoid talking to their parents because they feel like their going to start yelling and they don't really know the whole story.I feel like this was a great research project for me because I learned a lot about Teen drug abuse and the causes and the affects.I hope I get through to a lot of people because of this and that people start to understand the risk and problems that teens go through.

Today's teens face more challenges than any other generation has. More is expected from them in their school. There are new drugs and forms of drugs that teen are able to get easily. Alcohol is popular as ever also and some teens prefer alcohol instead. Peer pressure is also takes a big tool on the teenage community and influence on their choices. Relationships with their parents and their siblings are important and have a strong pull in decision making.

Drugs play more of a role in a teenager's attitude, schooling and health than most parents realize. Drugs are constantly increasing and teens are able to get them at anytime with no problem. Teens use alcohol and other drugs for many reasons. They may do it because they want to fit in with friends or certain groups. They may also take a drug or drink alcohol because they like the way it makes them feel. Or they may believe that it makes them more grown up. Teens tend to try new things and take risks, and they may take drugs or drink alcohol because it seems exciting. Teens with family members who have problems with alcohol or other drugs are more likely to be affected and have the same type of problem. Also, teens who feel that they are not important to their parents or that their not being paid enough attention are at greater risk at doing drugs. Teens with poor self-esteem or emotional or mental problems, such as depression, also are at increased risk. Some teens prefer their parents to just talk to them and not just let them do whatever they want. Teen drug abuse is not so much a crime but the things that the drug do to the teen body and their mind it should be. Parents should sometimes check up on their teens in school and also in the outside world because you never know just by checking up and not pressuring them just might help out.

Teen substance abuse effects the family unit as teens become more hostile, and their decision making becomes greatly impaired. Teens finding themselves using drugs or alcohol find that their familial relationships greatly suffer. They set bad examples for any younger siblings and create much more hostility to the family as a whole. Teen drug abuse shouldn’t be tolerated by parents of troubled or violent teens and appropriate help for their teens depending on depth of the problems should be made. Drugs have no rightful place anywhere in society, however, they have even less of a place in academic environments where teens are living in their most formative years. That the teen drug/alcohol user's academic performance is severely impaired, along with his or her level of responsibility such as skipping class, failing to complete assignments speaks to the notion that drug and alcohol use is rampant throughout American middle and high schools. This abuse has produced teenage student body's with many abusers whose relationships, reputations, futures, wallets, self-images and especially grades suffer as a direct result of the teen drug abuse.Drugs have no place anywhere in society; however, they have even less of a place in schools where teens are living in their most fragile years. That the teen drug/alcohol user's academic performance is severely impaired, along with his or her level of responsibility; such as skipping class, failing to complete assignments , speaks to the notion that drug and alcohol use is rampant throughout American middle and high schools. This abuse has produced teenage student body's with many abusers whose relationships, reputations, futures, , self-images and especially grades suffer as a of the teen drug abuse.Teens use drugs now to fit in with their friends.They also have to feel like their cool because some of their friends are in the cool student catergory.Some teens don't even use drugs because that's what they want to do but because their friends want them too.This is called peer pressure and this is common in highs and even in college.

http://www.teen-drug-abuse.org/
http://www.teendrugabuse.us/teendrugstatistics.html

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My reasons why I chose teen drug abuse

The reason I choose to do Drug Abuse is because I feel like this is a serious fact in the teenage population. I also choose this because the drug use is rising as teenagers get older. The parents of these teens really need to pay more attention and ask more questions to see how their teens are doing in their school work. I feel like they need to help them concentrate more in school and not let them go outside whenever they want to. Some teens use their friends as a way to get the drugs and they need to realize that they are hurting themselves and nobody else. I also chose this because i think i would be abled to reach out to atleast a couple of teens through this because some want to stop, but don't know how. I am really interested in knowing why do teenagers use drugs instead of just talking about their problems with their parents or someone thats willing to listen. Many teens think about themselves and not what their doing to the people around them exspecially their partents. They actually feel like their helping themselves by using these type of drugs. I like the fact that if you tell a teen or try to help a teen you can't go wrong if you tried to help. Teens feel like their problems will decrease or would go away if they do drugs but little do they know their making more problems for theirselves. I also want teens to know that their not only hurting themselves but their also hurting their families and their friends. Teens can have a better life if their parents paid more attention to their teens and not let them do whatever. Some teens just want their parents to atleast punish them they don't like to just be abled to do whatever they want.

Teens use drugs to try to satisfy themselves and try to ease their pain. Teens also use drugs that they feel would help them like nobody else can because they feel like other try to criticize them in all types of ways and drugs won't. The U.S. is the leading state of teen drug abuse. Parents don't try to pay andy attention to their teen as long as their going to school. Teens would continue to do what their doing as long as their parents aren't paying any attention. I would like to know why do teens choose drugs to relax them when their going through hard times. I also would like to know if they know if they know that their destroying their lives nd their families. The drug problem in America has drawn the attention many parents in recent years. According to the 1998 National Household Survey on Teen Drug Abuse, nearly 10% of teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen used illegal drugs-a number less than 11.4 percent from just the year prior- including marijuana (8.3%), cocaine (0.8%) and inhalants (1.1%) (SAMHSA ,1998). Statistics for 2002 reflects a slight drop in teenage drug usage to 8.3 percent for overall consumption of all illicit drugs. Still heading the list as most commonly used drug for troubled teens was marijuana combined with one or more other drugs (20%). Cigarettes were found to be a strong precursor for troubled teens to who used illicit drugs, representing about eight times the number to those teens who smoked (48.1%) and those teens who did not (6.2%). Gender differences play a role as well amongst teenagers, with a greater majority of male teen using illegal drugs (12.3%) than their female teenage counterparts (10.9%) (SAMHSA, 2002).