Drugs in Teenagers

Drugs In Teenager

In today’s world, more and more teenagers are becoming addicted to drugs. There is a lot of variety of drugs but the most common is cannabis. Young people use most often drugs to get out of their personal problems or to feel comfortable in the environment around them, that it might be a drug environment. In addition many young people start using drugs at an early age and what happens? No one offers help to them and then they get used to it and becomes an addiction and the problem will get worst. These is one major problem from our society, a very high percentage of teenagers are using drugs and they are the future of our generation but they are too occupied using drugs and not paying attention to what really counts.

We live in a world that drugs are very easy to find. Young teenagers between 15 and 18 years of age are using drugs very often.”Drug abuse at any age can cause serious health effects, but teens who abuse drugs are at particular risk for negative consequences” (Casa Palmera Staff). When teens are unhappy and can’t find a healthy outlet for their frustration or a trusted confidant, they may turn to drugs for peace. When they smoke marijuana, they may feel blissfully oblivious, wonderfully happy, or energized and confident. Also Forty-seven percent of teens agreed that movies and TV shows make drugs seem like an OK thing to do, according to a 2011 study. Not surprisingly, 12- to 18-year-olds who viewed three or more “R” rated movies per month were seven times more likely to smoke cigarettes, six times more likely to use marijuana, Marijuana is the most easiest drug to find because is the drug more used by anyone. Marijuana can cause a lot damage to a teenager and could affect the body and the brain. “There are a lot of open questions” about the long-term effects of marijuana, says Susan Weiss, PhD, director of the division of extramural research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). “But there's a growing literature, and it's all pointing in the same direction: Starting young and using frequently may disrupt brain development” (Weir 48).  Also marijuana has lasting effects on the brain that impact both physical and mental health in teens. Furthermore, drugs are considered to be harmful to our health and countless people die every year because of drug abuse.

Marijuana use also impairs learning, participating in sports, doing complicated tasks, and driving. How does this happen? THC disrupts coordination and balance by binding to receptors in the cerebellum and the basal ganglia, two other parts of the brain that regulate balance, posture, coordination, and reaction time. Also marijuana is a chemical that work on the brain and interfere with the way nerve cells would normally send, receive, and process information. These drugs mimic brain chemicals, but they don’t activate nerve cells the same way as a natural neurotransmitter does. As a result, the chemicals in these drugs lead to abnormal messages being transmitted throughout the brain’s network.

Works Cited

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