Teen Drug Abuse Teens are being affected by drugs every day. Teens see drugs no matter where they go. They see them in movies‚ ads on t.v. and on billboards‚ and on video games so there surrounded by them. 35.1% of 12th graders have admitted to smoking marijuana this past year. Seniors in highschool are smoking marijuana more than smoking a cigarette. It’s not only affecting seniors‚ kids in middle school are also using. Thats people my age using drugs. Marijuana isn’t the only drug that kids are
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Athlete Drug Use The organization should test athletes for drug use‚ so we can get rid of the guys who use drugs‚ we don’t need athletes who use drugs. Their then would be fans and kids who see all those drug use athletes doing the wrong thing and thinking its right for them to also do it. Why should they get money for using drugs to win? How do we know that they aren’t really actually good at that sport? That is called cheating. To use drugs just to make a win or himself as a champ and not using
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September 2012 Instructor: Wayne Skinner CCJ 1017 Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? People take drugs to ease pain and avoid problems from their past and presence. An individual “may be depressed or in pain find physical relief does not help‚ eventually‚ he or she will then turn to drugs to remove symptoms” (Hubbard‚ 1996-2011). Personally‚ through research‚ a volunteer
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illegal drug consumption‚ addiction and trafficking through music‚ film and visual imagery to communicate the meaning about drugs and the individuals who take them” (Boyd‚ 2011‚ p.57). Boyd (2011)‚ Christenson et al. (2012) and Primack (2009) argue that the illicit usage of substances is misused amongst the youth who are influenced by a certain public figure‚ film or music genres both portraying substances either positively and negatively such as cannabis. Over time‚ the portrayal of drugs in media
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Teenage pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy of women who have not reached twenty years when the pregnancy ends regardless of the marital status. In South Africa one in three girls has had a pregnancy before the age of twenty. The community at large is aware of the problem of teenage pregnancy. Young women in our communities are falling pregnant while still at school‚ which limits their ability to achieve their long awaited goals in life. It also puts them at high risk of being infected with HIV
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In a normal pregnancy‚ a fertilized egg travels from the location of fertilization (the fallopian tube) to the uterus. Sometimes however‚ the egg grows in the wrong place‚ which is known as an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy was first documented as early as 1693 during a routine autopsy performed on a female prisoner condemned to death and executed (Speroff‚ pg. 947). In order to understand ectopic pregnancy one must understand the normal physiology of conception‚ how and why things can go wrong
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One of the societal problems that our country encounters is the teenage pregnancy or the early pregnancy. Many Teenagers are involve in premarital sex. This also lead to other societal problem like overpopulation and poverty. The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the Internet‚ magazines‚ TV shows‚ movies and other media than decades ago
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Why you shouldn’t use drugs Drug use is a growing rapidly in the United States‚ especially among teens and even younger kids. whether its marijuana‚ cocaine‚ or anything else considered illegal. The misuse of drugs can lead to negative consequences in ones life. There are many in depth reasons for not leading a path of illegal drug abuse. The first major reason being your physical health. Inhaling drugs like marijuana clearly is dangerous. If done enough‚ it
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people who despite using these drugs‚ in the future do not suffer any serious damage to their body so I do not see as bad to use them if the damages will not be so serious in the future. This would come to give you many benefits if used in the right way and so in the future have very minimal damages that you would not realize. This was the part for which I did not feel very convinced that this was something as bad as they said. They only say that if they use these drugs you can damage your health completely
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Drug Use: Cause and Effect You hear about more and more people using drugs these days‚ particularly prescription drugs. Doctors may prescribe these drugs to you and you may think they are helping but‚ what you don’t know is how they may change a normal functioning person into an addict. These drugs are habit forming and can seriously harm you‚ even kill you. For Years people go to the doctor for one reason or another. Some doctors prescribe pills that can sometimes be more damaging than helpful
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