Experimentation with alcohol and drugs during adolescence is common. Unfortunately, teenagers often don't see the link between their actions today and the consequences tomorrow. They also have a tendency to feel indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience.
Using alcohol and tobacco at a young age has negative health effects. While some teens will experiment and stop, or continue to use occasionally, without significant problems. Others will develop a dependency, moving on to more dangerous drugs and causing significant harm to themselves and possibly others. It is difficult to know which teens will experiment and stop and which will develop serious problems. Teenagers at risk for developing serious alcohol and drug problems include those:
with a family history of substance abuse
who are depressed
who have low self-esteem, and
who feel like they don't fit in or are out of the mainstream
Teenagers abuse a variety of drugs, both legal and illegal. Legally available drugs include alcohol, prescribed medications, inhalants (fumes from glues, aerosols, and solvents) and over-the-counter cough, cold, sleep, and diet medications. The most commonly used illegal drugs are marijuana (pot), stimulants (cocaine, crack, and speed), LSD, PCP, opiates, heroin, and designer drugs (Ecstasy). The use of illegal drugs is increasing, especially among young teens. The average age of first marijuana use is 14, and alcohol use can start before age 12. The use of marijuana and alcohol in high school has become common.
Drug use is associated with a variety of negative consequences, including increased risk of serious drug use later in life, school failure, and poor judgment which may put teens at risk for accidents, violence, unplanned and unsafe ---, and suicide.
Parents can prevent their children from using drugs by talking to them about drugs, open communication, role modeling, responsible behavior, and recognizing if problems are developing.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ARTICLE? DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
Luis Emil Torres
05-04-2011 16:58
I agree with this article because young people today can say that easily influenced by friends.
alcohol and drugs with their effects cause many physical and mental damage to the lives of teens in a way that is taken as a vice very harmful to teens
this is a problem that is involved the whole society, and this will not be eliminated quickly because young people see this as being a fun and really this is not a game.
we can prevent this from happening in our families giving talks awareness to any group of young people who are involved with this issue. By: Luis Emil Torres Let_LuLe the 5th A
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marianny
30-03-2011 17:44
I agree with this article because now society and young people are carried away from vices like drugs, alcohol, etc ...
alcohol greatly affects the youth because they do not see it as a vice and take it lightly and think that drinking alcohol makes them more enjoyable or better spend the time, when in fact they are getting addicted to this vice .
the youth of today do not realize that alcohol and drugs can bring many consequences thus putting at risk his life and that of others.
youth must be aware about these services because they can enjoy and live healthy life without being addicted to alcohol or drugs. mariannys hernandez
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jhonatan
30-03-2011 17:28
I am in agreement with this article as alcohol, drugs, and all kinds of vices are harmful to young people and affect society in general. this creates an injury to the lives of young people, damaging their health and mental state.
many young people believe that having this kind of services will be accepted in society and will not be excluded as this is becoming a kind of fashion, as all the young looking to be on the same wavelength as the peers.
so parents and family must crearles to youth in their stage of maturity or preparation, a culture of being themselves as a person and to make known as well as citizens have guided their parents.
because their parents are taught that good and the bad and the very young are the ones who decide which way to go after.
jd
jose david pernalete
25-03-2011 13:04
respuesta: jose david pernalete#29
I think that is true because the youth of today are very involved with alcohol and drugs as it has done a service to Llosa and do not understand that these are very bad for health.
I agree with the ad because it explains how teens are in the world of drugs and alcohol because they do not know the magnitude of those taking drugs or drink excessively, tambn shows that from an early age are gone in bad ways.
jose david.!
Carlos Flores
24-03-2011 16:36
Cafs/Carlos Flores #08 5toA
I think, that the majority of the adolecentes of nowadays; an approximate percentage of 76 % more or less, are the young persons who already consume alcoholic drinks, probably many do them to be call many the attention, or probably to win friends, in end, do not know if it can damage to him or not, simply they consume without importing the consequences that they can obtain.
The drugs it is one of the consumptions mas harmful of nowadays, so much like for the young persons, since for anyone that consumes this type of drugs; fodder that nobody deberia to consume them, since this one can ocacionar a hurt bigger than the persons; and many mas in our country that not this one allowed in the absolute thing.
I agree with the advertisement, due to the fact that I do not consider the young persons to be opportune of nowadays that they consume so much alcoholic drinks, as drugs.
jorge S
20-03-2011 22:45
"5.A"I think so this article is very important for we; because we are teenagers and we are exposed all the time to the drugs and alcohol.
This article says serious problems that make the consume of drugs and the reasons of the teenagers when going to consume. When begins to consume drugs, we world becomes all black and every time think´s in drugs, drugs, drugs so not think in our family, in studies, and our future only depend of drugs, drugs, drugs,alcohol, alcohol, and we begin to be losers and bad boys...
In the actuality the parents must speak and discuss about the drugs and alcohol when your children (when they are small) because so they know "the bad of the drugs" and the bad it is in the life.
I totally agree with this article because the drugs and the alcohol is things very bad for de people and the teenagers don´t must consume for nothing in the world.
Jorge Segovia
Morillo Ana
15-03-2011 18:06
Guys this page is still open! so those students who haven't participated yet, can do it now! Take care!
Daniela Mohtar Merlo
11-03-2011 09:51
Interesting article. I totally agree with it. This problematic has become so common now on day, that, in fact, teenagers of all over the world have tied a strong bond with all kins of drugs, starting as a simple escape and ending as a dependence.
Is so sad to see this incredible number of young people, wich increments day by day, take this kind of things on the easy way, without considering the gravity of the situation, and for this reason, they end up losing their own lifes or shorting their existence.
Even if drugs are legal or not, should be forbidden for kids and teenagers, who don't know how dangerous their effects can be for the organism, and it's use should be limited on people with certain age, enougth mature to handle them.
Finally, the impact of this problem over the society is so masive that one might think: How can we stop our kids once they have started?, How can we protect them from falling victims into a vicious circle that doesn't seems to end? Well, however my young age, I think that even if it's so hard pull them out of this circle, we can stop exposing them to that tentations. After all, education begins at home. A responsable parent has the duty of teach their kids about the consequences that alcohol and drugs can bring, maybe not today, but sure tomorrow. That way, we'll be giving them the lessons that they need to hear on time, and beyond that, protecting their future and their children's future.
Daniela Mohtar
Patricia López
11-03-2011 09:28
Yes, I totally agree with the text, because today we are dealing with massive health substances such as drugs and alcohol, these defects affect society and especially to teens, but affects all those who are not guided or advised by their parents on these issues, each parent at an early age has a duty to talk to their children about these vices and bad influences in the life of every human being, both alcohol and drugs bring harmful and sometimes irreversible consequences in their daily lives, in their studies and bring family problems, besides damaging all life plans and projects of short and long term.
Young people who enter this world of drugs and alcohol is often caused problems in their lives, do not feel heard and seek escape in these vices at first believe that it will only be to try and forget everything bad, but then you turning into a defect without the help of the same in both of those around, they could not easily get out of it. It also influences many times your group of friends that encourage the teen to enter that world of vices.
I believe that if each Home influenced more young parents as a guide of life, fewer young people would be today in these vices.
