Persuasive Essay On Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription drug use among high schoolers, specifically in Southern California, although beneficial at times, are being abused in some cases for the euphoric feelings they create in an individual. The parents of these students are taking notice, but have not had much interference with the abuse of these drugs among their children. Prescription drugs are a great benefit to those with hereditary disorders such as ADD and ADHD in the way that they help regulate the detrimental effects of the disorder and often suppress the disorder entirely, leading to a normal happy life. However, some prescription drugs, mostly painkillers and amphetamines, become subjected to abuse and overuse for the purpose of “escape” from reality and experience sentiments …show more content…
Since in some cases they cannot afford their drugs, they do worse in their academics. One thing parents can do in order to assess and hopefully treat and prevent drug addiction for their students is seek a therapist.There are many programs out there that are willing and specialize in treating addiction in minors, especially those in their teenage years. The challenge here is to find a decent therapist because according to Stanton Peele, some of the therapist and rejuvenators out there who “...are totally stuck in their AA mindset.” This reveals how there are some people out there who are only working in order to make money and it is up to the parents to weed out the bad ones. Another possible solution, on the parent’s part, would be to keep a closer eye on their children and who/what they affiliate themselves with in their outside lives. If a student is friends with drug dealers, it would only make sense that he/she would have been pressured to try drugs at some point and eventually get hooked on them. Parents should make sure their students are not friends with questionable individuals or are not one