High school seniors have reported that 23% have used marijuana and 16% have smoked cigarettes.When teens are in high school it is important to stay focused and get good grades, teens who use drugs and alcohol have declining grades, miss more school, and are more likely to drop out of school. If teens end up using substances it could affect their academic ability. Teens are using drugs and other substances more often now, causing bad grades, family and health issues and many other problems. If parents and schools could try harder to keep teens safe from drugs they could help decrease the amount of teens who use illicit substances. Schools could make sure that teens aren’t doing bad things during school hours. Parents could watch their teens…
Claim: Today’s college students, both of the age and under, have been abusing alcohol to the point of hospitalization and it needs to be stopped and put under enforcement. The author’s point of view is first person.…
Neuroenhancing drugs are slowly becoming more popular in college students’ lives today. This increased use may be because of lack of focus or academic performance enhancement. Margaret Talbot, author of “The Underground World of ‘Neuroenhancing’ Drugs”, dives deeper into this finding by interviewing a series of college students and top professors who take a stance their side of the case. Talbot believes that college campuses have become laboratories for neuroenhancing drugs. By starting off with concrete evidence from an actual college student who has an Adderall addiction, Talbot is able to get the insight as to what actually goes on and why it happens.…
Drinking leads to a widespread of consequences such as impairments in cognitive abilities, including decision making and impulse control, and motor skill impairments, such as balance and hand eye coordination. Lowering the MLDA increases the likelihood of being injured, experiencing falls that require medical treatment, causing injury in traffic accidents, being taken advantage of sexually, and injuring others in various ways (White, 2013). A portion of alcohol related harms that college students might experience are: injuries, physical assault, sexual assault, unsafe sex, health problems, suicide attempts, drunk driving, memory loss, property damage, police involvement, alcohol abuse, dependence and death. An estimated 599,000 students between…
Although abuse of prescription drugs is illegal, universities across the nation are having a hard time controlling the issue on their campuses. In the article “Change Honor Codes to Include Abuse of Nonprescription Drugs,” David Alpert is firm in his belief that all universities should follow in the footsteps of Duke University and add a pledge against the abuse of prescription drugs to schools’ honor codes. On the other hand, in an essay titled “A Ban On Brain-Boosting Drugs Is Not The Answer,” Matt Lamkin argues it is not the study drugs that are the problem; it is the emphasis schools put on competition and credentials, which drives the students to…
Alcohol use among college students has reached a crisis point. Alcohol consumption leads to signifigant alcohol related problems such as binge drinking, alcoholism, drinking and driving,…
References: - Burgbacher, Katie, and Amanda Brewer “Study of Adderall Use Among College Students: A New and Upcoming Trend” University of Kentucky. RUNNING HEAD: Research Project (2006). Pp 1-19…
Alcohol on American campuses has become a serious issue. In 2001, the total number of alcohol related deaths on college campuses was over 1700, while in 1998 the total was just less than 1600, and the number of students who reported that they had driven while intoxicated rose from 2.3 million to 2.8 million (Hingson 260). This statistic includes all college students, ages 18-24. That means some of the people involved in these incidents were underage. 1 out of every 4 students drinks at a binge level (Simons 24). This reflects the direction that the youth of America, as a whole, has taken. Part of the reason for this is that many college students do not know about the harmful effects of alcohol. They just don't know all the facts. Binge drinking has many harmful effects, both long term and short term, that all college students should know.…
In recent years, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has become a very common disorder. As a result, people and doctors have raised the question, is this disorder being over diagnosed? If you were to ask people this question many would think the answer is yes. People think this is true because of the drug companies “aggressive marketing epidemic”. This epidemic involves drug companies trying to educate people, specifically doctors, parents, and teachers on how to spot symptoms of ADHD in children. Therefore, making people assume that doctors are over diagnosing to gain more profit off the drug companies stimulants. (Frances) Although this idea seems to be a pretty logical explanation, there is not enough evidence to pin point a direct correlation between the “aggressive marketing epidemic” and doctors’ profits contributing to over diagnoses. (Frances)…
Third, findings indicate that binge drinking and the use of other illicit drugs are strong predictors of non-medical prescription drug use. College students need to be make aware of the possible negative consequences as a result of drug…
Our American culture sets a big emphasis on education, high GPAs, and outstanding business performance in the professional environment. In order to excel, there is so much pressure and expectation that college students today are more vulnerable to experiment and get hooked on smart drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, and Modafilin. College students are not taking these drugs to get high but to increase their concentration, energy, and time for studying.…
Drinking occurs frequently within the college environment. It was reported that 87.3% of college students under the legal minimum drinking age had tried alcohol, when 50% reported heavily drinking in the past year (Clapp, 275). Heavy drinking can cause many consequences, from mild ones as hangovers to severe problems such as suicide attempts and death. Although mild problems like hangovers are most common, “the heavy use of alcohol among college students has been estimated to result in approximately 1,400 deaths and another 500,000 alcohol-related traumas each year”(Clapp, 275). Research done by Miron and Tetelbaum, shows that the minimum legal drinking age has only a minor effect on teen drinking. College students under the age of 21 are drinking in uncontrolled environments, they are left to learn for themselves how to drink at a moderate and safe rate. This learning process cannot be approached in these unsupervised environments, where young adults play drinking games and form ruinous drinking habits. The environment witch you are drinking in can relate to how and how much alcohol you…
According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, more than 1,800 college students die from alcohol-related causes every year while about 800,000 are being assaulted by other students, be it sexually or other assaults. About one in every four college students also accept that they have experienced academic problems. Despite the fact that college drinking has caused many issues, it has not been stopped, yet. College drinking is not only harmful for students who consume alcohol but also for other people who live around the campus. It has a bad influence on the social lives of the general population.…
Whether it be academic, social, or athletic there is an increasing amount of stress for success on college students these days that is leading to the rise in prescription stimulants all over America. Stimulant abuse is defined as the misused of substances--amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine, and caffeine--to increase the function of the central nervous system (Scaterelli, 2008). Observations and studies of competitive college students can provide both answers as to why this problem is occurring and solutions to end abuse of these prescription drugs. An increased pressure to do well in school, an increased number of prescriptions, and an increased ignorance in regards to the stimulants being abused are just a couple of the possible reasons that such drugs are becoming so popular. To stop usage we should start educating students about the stimulants and their harm, regulate the amount of stimulants prescribed and make laws regarding Type II drugs--both selling and possessing--stricter.…
Research has shown that compared with the adult brain, the adolescent brain is very sensitive to some effects of alcohol. Teenage brains are like a sponge, and are designed for maximum learning capacity. Alcohol interferes with the brain, it causes difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, and impaired memory. Those are only the external impairments. Internally, it can lead to lifelong damage in brain function, particularly as it relates to memory, moving skills and coordination. Not only can alcohol hurt adolescents physically, but psychologically as well. An article from Psychology Today states, "The CDC study confirms that teens aren't sipping alcohol --- no, they’re gulping it. This study brings light to the fact that high school students tend to binge drink whenever they consume alcohol. About ninety percent of the alcohol consumed by high school students is consumed through…