Drug Use In Adolescents

Drug Use in Adolescents

The reason one problem is not considered significant over another is distinguished between a personal or public issue and whether it threatens our social institutions. This is based on a question of which problems are serious enough to need sociological attention and has been difficult and controversial over years (Leon-Guerrero, 2011). The sociological perspective of examining social problems helps society to on what level a problem needs to be addressed. Being able to recognize social problems and the hopes to solving them are important in identifying how a society comes to view social problems and forces society to decide whether a problem is considered significant. A particularly serious social problem
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) established in 1974 as the federal office for research, treatment, and prevention, training services, and data collection on the nature and extent of drug abuse (Leon-Guerrero, 2011). NIDA has established programs in ways parents can educate themselves about the harm illicit drugs, marijuana, and other illegal substances can have on their children’s cognitive development, having a major affect on their ability to form proper judgment and develop emotionally. Parents need to be need to become involved in their children’s lives and establish communication with them earlier but one major role for parents is to set rules and guidelines. Also parents need to encourage them to socialize, become involved in extracurricular activities in school and know their children’s friends. This also extends to teachers, coaches, and people in church, adult mentors anyone who has interactions with adolescent children, look for warning signs of isolation, depression, or even the simply asking of
Adolescents who abuse drugs usually do not have to money to get their next fix. Therefore, when money runs low they start to steal from their parents, pawn items, or begin to sell their goods for cash. Usually the habit takes over and the ability to maintain their usage takes over and they begin to break into homes, assault strangers or even at worse kill. According to the Bureau of Justice more than two thirds of jail inmates were found to be dependent on drugs and or alcohol, and the majority of these inmates were women (Leon-Guerrero, 2011). Probably the most relevant concept detailing youth drug offenders is that of how the community deals with these offenders or in simple terms, what are the community approaches? This is when the peer groups and other prevention methods are used to establish a rehabilitation approach to introducing the offenders back into society (Leon-Guerrero, 2011). Are there good measures put into place to help youth get back into society? If not society does not welcome them back and this contributes to the repeat offender concept that transpires into their