Drug abuse among teens has been an issue for decades, with over 93,000 juveniles arrested for drug violations in 1970. Nearly half of high school students know someone who sells drugs at their school, most commonly marijuana. Teen brains are more vulnerable to drugs than adult brains, making them susceptible to substance abuse and side effects like damaged development, lack of motivation, depression, and other mental health issues. Teen marijuana users are twice as likely to drop out of high school compared to non-users.
Drug abuse among teens has been an issue for decades, with over 93,000 juveniles arrested for drug violations in 1970. Nearly half of high school students know someone who sells drugs at their school, most commonly marijuana. Teen brains are more vulnerable to drugs than adult brains, making them susceptible to substance abuse and side effects like damaged development, lack of motivation, depression, and other mental health issues. Teen marijuana users are twice as likely to drop out of high school compared to non-users.
Drug abuse among teens has been an issue for decades, with over 93,000 juveniles arrested for drug violations in 1970. Nearly half of high school students know someone who sells drugs at their school, most commonly marijuana. Teen brains are more vulnerable to drugs than adult brains, making them susceptible to substance abuse and side effects like damaged development, lack of motivation, depression, and other mental health issues. Teen marijuana users are twice as likely to drop out of high school compared to non-users.
Drug Abuse has been an issue in America for decades.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 1970, 93,300 juvenileswere arrested for drug abuse violations. Only about one quarter of 12th graders (29%) think that regularuseofmarijuana is wrong. In 12th graders, users of marijuana only have a 20% chance of discontinuing use of the drug. Almost half (44%) of students know someone at their school who sellsdrugs. Most commonly reported was marijuana (91%) followed by prescription drugs (24%), cocaine (9%), and ecstasy (7%). 20.7% of students nationwide have reported usingprescriptiondrugs that were not prescribed to them. Teens developing brains are more vulnerable to the effects of drugs than mature brains, making them more susceptible to substanceabuse. 19.3% of students (age 12-17) with a D average use marijuana. Side effects of the drug in teens include damagedpsychosexualandemotionaldevelopment and lack of motivation. Illicit drug use in adolescence can cause mental health issues like depression and developmental lags and other psychiatricdisorders. Teen marijuana users are twice as likely as non-users to dropout of high school.