Why do teens abuse drugs?

Question

Im doing a research project on drug abuse. So... What are some of the reasons teens abuse drugs?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I've done a fair amount of drugs and getting to know some of the people I was doing them with,I found that alot do it to cope, one of my friends was extremly depressed and found drugs as an "escape"... :( - Sarah

Anonymous · Answer

#1. peer pressure is the biggest influence on a teen. the cause is most likely that the teen has been pressured into the drug by a person who has a real problem. some of these problems include. #1. to get away from reality. being a teen is really hard becuase your being introduced to the real world. some people can find a real escape in drugs#. to get messed up#3. ignorance#4. idiocy

Anonymous · Answer

depression is the underlying cause of tobacco smoking,alcohol abuse and drug taking.the commonest cause of depression by far is physical abuse by unloving parents.a subsidiary cause may be bereavement of a parent in the childs early life.this would include abandonment by a parent,too. but the main cause remains unloving neglectful and abusive parents.i am unable to comment further because i do not know your circumstances or motives for asking.

Anonymous · Answer

ok by "abuse" do you just mean use? and what kind of drugs are you talking about? you cant just lump them all into one category "drugs"people(not just teenagers) use drugs because theyre fun, and sometimes addictive.

Anonymous · Answer

i didnt apply the term "abuse"to drugs,but to children.perhaps you think we should refer to not to "child abuse" but to "child use".read it again.you may think you do not abuse drugs but they will probably abuse you.,and those who,for the moment,love you.ask the adult child of an alcoholic if it was use or abuse.ask the fetal alcohol syndrome child,if you can make him concentrate long enough ,if it was use or abuse.ask the child affected similarly in the womb by any number of street drugs ,perhaps before his mother thought she could be pregnant,if she is amused by your hair splitting word games.perhaps you are such a victim yourself. they often develop special relationships with the substances which did them harm.,and poor educational attainment, which is what you are exhibiting here,is a common characteristic of the crippled survivors of pre- natal child abuse.think harder.

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