Substance Abuse Of Celebrity Culture

The girl sits behind the computer screen, looking through the articles and pictures of all her favorite celebrities. She wishes she could become as skinny and beautiful as they are. This could be a harmless situation or it could damage her physical and mental health greatly. She could turn her life around in a positive way and push herself to do great things. However, there is a chance she could starve and think negatively about herself. Celebrity culture is continuously harming teens by the growing need of being noticed, making substance abuse seem okay, and creating problems with body image and health. Teens crave the need to be noticed by the world because of the media and celebrities. If someone goes on Twitter or Instagram, everyone
A lot of television shows, movies, music, and media talk or sing about drugs or alcohol. Teens and kids are exposed to this negative influence which hurts their future and health. Some heroin users that get addicted, like Nathan who started using at 17 say he started using because “I wanted to know what it felt like, because, you know all the, all the... famous people do it. There's got to be something to it, you know… All the people with money...do it....” (Duterte, Murphy, Hemphill). Media shows all these celebrities and athletes using and it is clearly impacting the young ones. They are curious to see what is the rave it is and if it is actually good. Celebrities normalize the abuse of drugs even though there are many consequences to substance abuse. The world has lost many through overdose and it would be a tragedy if it continues within the teens. It is not only substance abuse that harms young people, it is also the intensive amount of violence displayed to them on a daily basis. Children watch movies and TV shows that could possibly show violence and introduce them to try some one the behaviors and actions they see. It affects their brains and how they respond which can change how they behave towards others. Teenagers are constantly seeing this violence and studies have show that “the average 7th grader watches about 4 hours of television per day, and 60% of those shows contain
A chunk of the celebrities teens see are nothing but skin and bones. This creates insecurities about their bodies which could lead to eating disorders or other serious health issues both mental and physical. If someone were to open a magazine or flip to a random television show, chances are that the man or woman staring back at them is the unrealistic ideal body type. Teenage girls want that perfect slim body while the some boys desire the abs and buff physique. It is what they perceive as beautiful because they see all their role models looking that way. Their role models go through intense and unhealthy diets and still aren’t perfect to the magazine editors. Everyone should know that most magazines use “photoshop, a widely used software program, [that] can digitally narrow hips or add to cleavage and make almost any change look realistic” (Mehta). The media is altering their looks to make them fit the unreachable perfect body. Teenagers tend to be naive to realize that no one can look that flawless. They need to embrace who they are and stop following celebrities and their insane ways of being