and/or alcohol. Given that most "mature" adults are inadequately equipped to deal with the pitfalls of addiction‚ it stands to reason that teenagers and young adults would utterly be helpless to fight off the effects associated with teen substance abuse. The Real World of Teen Substance Abuse There is no shortage of statistical data showing that the United States has significant drug issues among its young people. Despite recent declines‚ 14.2 of the teenagers between the ages of 12 and 20 reported heavy
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Teen pregnancy and media Specific purpose: Have teenagers aware the risk and consequences of teen pregnancy l. Today I will be talking about the way the authors and creators of a television commercial and newspaper article influence us to their opinion by writing the way they do. The topic that I am studying is Teenage Pregnancy. This topic is always going to be in the media for different reasons‚ and occasionally you hear about a story of a young girl getting pregnant due to un-safe sex. There
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Name: Jessinia Figueroa Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Drunk Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Information Why is this problem‚ especially for teen drivers? -equal amounts of alcohol usually affect young people more than older ones. -young people have limited experience in both driving and drinking Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. -The crash rate for 16-year-old drivers is 1.8 times higher than drivers
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person’s life‚ and it is the best chose anyone can make. If a student drops out‚ what he or she can look forward to is having; low paying jobs‚ a hard life‚ poverty‚ and most definitely a criminal record. “By far‚ though‚ the most common reason for teens leaving school is poor performance.”(Stewart). Some students do not like school in general‚ or the school he or she is attending. Many are failing‚ getting poor grades‚ or he or she just cannot keep up with all their school work. Some do not get
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Driving (MADD)‚ Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD)‚ and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID) are organizations trying to stop teenage drunk driving. These organizations offer support for victims of drunk drivers‚ as well as presenting more information on teen drunk driving. As a result of their efforts more than 2‚000 state laws have been passed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Laws such as not being able to buy any alcohol to anyone under the age of 21 and the BAC levels cannot pass more than .10 %
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to experience their whole lives. We claim that we care about these people and no one is there to help them stop themselves from it. Not many people say‚” I want to prevent teen suicide‚ I am going to donate money to help prevent this issue.’ We say things like this about cancer and AIDS. What about suicide? Ninety percent of teens that have committed suicide have in the least‚ one diagnosable‚ active psychiatric illness at the time of their death. Only thirty-three to fifty percent of them had mental
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Teen Drug Abuse Since the mid 19th century‚ drugs always have been part of human life. Drugs today affect most of the teenagers in our society. There are many reasons why teenagers justify their use of recreational drugs. Many believe that taking drugs can relieve them of boredom and also they believe it can help them cope with stress and make them feel happy. In my opinion everyone should stay far away from drugs‚ because drugs can have a very negative effect on their physical and also their
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Parent and teen relationships Children are raised differently each day. The way parents raise their children can affect them throughout life‚ and make them who they become as an adult. This is why it is important for parents and teens to have healthy relationships. Some parents whip their children for doing something wrong‚ some scold their children and whip them‚ but some do not even care about what their children do and in the future‚ this could be a major problem‚ especially for teenagers. When
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Aubree Correll Monday/Wednesday 12:15-1:30 The Negative Effects of Bullying Specific Purpose: To persuade people that bullying has a negative effect on children. Thesis/Central Idea: To truly understand the effects of bullying it is important to learn about physical bullying‚ psychological bullying‚ and cyber bullying. Organizational Pattern: Statement of Fact: Topical I) Introduction A) Attention Getter: Have you or a loved one ever been bullied and had no one to come to the rescue
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Does unprotected sex lead to sexually transmitted diseases in teens? Claudia LeMay & Madeline Munoz Research Methods‚ HA-450-05 Professor C. Brown March 19‚ 2013 ABSTRACT Sexual activities amongst teenagers in the United States are on the rise. The issue isn ’t necessarily the morality of the sexual relations; it ’s the disease that can be spread without following safe sex through the use of protection. Using protection isn ’t a guarantee that all sexually-transmitted diseases
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