The  Effects  of  Drug  Abuse  on  Teenagers


Teen  drug  addiction  affects  teens  from  all  walks  of  life.  This  is  because  the  factors  influencing  who  will  try  drugs  are  the  same,  no  matter  what  your  family  situation  or  social  status  may  be.  The  most  common  reason  teens  try  drugs  is  peer  pressure.  Friends  or  classmates    pressure  you  into  trying  a  drug,  reassuring  you  that  they've  tried  it  and  aren't  addicted,  so  you'll  be  fine  too.  Smoking  pot  a  couple  of  times  will  do  no  harm  but  with  repeated  use,  that  initial  harmless  taste  can  lead  to  a  full-blown  drug  addiction.  The  fact  is  that  every  drug  is  dangerous  and  life  threatening,  and  there  is  not  a  single  drug  that  doesn't  hold  the  potential  to  lead  to  addiction.

When  people  use  drugs  like  cocaine,  weed  and  heroine,  they  damage  their  brain,  lungs,  heart  and  muscles.  The  effects  of  a  teenager  abusing  drugs  is  more  severely  punishing,  their  adolescent  brain  is  affected  in  so  many  ways  that  their  brain  doesn’t  grow  as  healthy  as  others  do.  People’s  IQ  who  do  drugs  is  around  7-12  points  lower  than  any  other  person,  which  is  a  tremendous  amount.  Teenagers  who  do  drugs  end  up  addicted  and  can’t  stop,  they  are  strayed  away  from  the  healthy  and  intelligent  lifestyle  that  others  have.

Teenagers  who  do  drugs  like  heroine,  weed,  cocaine  and  drink  alcohol  are  most  likely  to  drop  out  from  high  school  and  not  get  a  decent  education.  Doing  drugs  causes  teenagers  to  be  brought  into  the  dark  part  of  society  where  thugs  and  criminals  reside.  They  are  told  that  being  a  thug  is  cool  and  that  you  get  to  do  whatever  you  wanted,  they  tell  you  that  you  can  make  easy  money  from  doing  crimes  and  that  you  did  not  need  to  keep  going  to  high  school.  These  teenagers  end  up  growing  up  to  be  criminals  and  gang  members  who  kill,  steal  and  abuse  drugs.  Drugs  and  alcohol  are  the  leading  cause  for  teenagers  dropping  out  from  high  school.

Drugs  cause  people  to  behave  differently,  because  drugs  affect  how  the  brain  reacts  and  responds  to  certain  events.  People  who  do  drugs  are  more  lazy,  aggressive  and  angry.  People  do  things  they  thought  they  would  never  do  when  they  are  using  drugs;  they  commit  serious  crimes  like  killing  someone  because  they  cannot  think  clearly.  Drugs  affect  the  brain  the  most  out  of  any  other  organ  in  the  human  body.  Drugs  will  change  someone’s  personality  and  make  you  think  that  you  don’t  even  know  this  person  anymore.  Teenagers  who  get  addicted  to  drugs  are  doomed  unless  they  get  the  help  they  need.

Basically  teenagers  who  do  drugs  will  either  drop  it  right  away  knowing  how  bad  it  is  for  them  and  their  future  or  become  addicted.  If  the  teenagers  become  addicted  to  drugs  they  will  resolve  to  do  whatever  it  takes  to  get  money  to  afford  drugs.  This  will  make  them  commit  crimes  or  even  steal  from  their  own  family.  Drug  abuse  needs  to  be  controlled;  parents  and  teachers  need  to  watch  students  more  carefully  to  make  sure  they  aren’t  straying  from  the  right  path.  Students  who  are  caught  doing  drugs  should  be  expelled  to  prevent  them  from  influencing  any  other  students.  Teenage  drug  abuse  is  and  should  be  taken  even  more  seriously  by  the  government  and  school  districts.