?In General: Youth Subcultures, New Generation

1. In general: youth subcultures, new generation. Modern society consists of a lot of categories. We want to bring up today for presentation about culture. Specifically we will spell out about youth culture. Our topic is about subcultures and everything it means. At first, let’s run through some definitions. 1. Subculture is a group of people within a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. 2. Generation is a large group of people, connected with almost the same date of birth. Difference between generations is less than 20 years. For example, X-generation is our parents, generation of 80’s \ 90’s; new generation is about us. We will talk especially about new generation. We can deal with some characteristics that belong to us. We are free. And it lets us to direct our power in different ways. That we do. Music, art and fashion subcultures are general spheres we use to stand out, but it is not a subject of our research. The worse way we choose is connected with small things that become very important and create an image of our generation. We talk about drugs, alcohol and smoking. My colleague continues…
2. Drugs, alcohol, tobaco: growing number of smokers, using drugs means "to be an adult", "en vino veritas".
Today it is fashionable to speak about teenage problems. A few years ago using drugs, alcohol and tobacco were more problems for adults than for young people.
The Government surveys (опросы) show that almost half of teenagers have an experience with drugs, alcohol and sex under age 16-18. A lot of teenagers who have drug or alcohol addiction almost never believe that they are dependent. These things are often combined with family and school problems.
Most young people smoke because their friends pressure them to do so. They may be imitating their parents who smoke, or other adults they respect. In the past it would have been accepted as normal. But in the recent years attitudes towards smoking have