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    The document discusses a recent article that questions whether teenagers are replacing drug use with smartphone use. It provides evidence that marijuana and drug use among teenagers has declined over the past decade, while cell phone and internet usage has increased. One high school student notes that communicating through text is less intimidating than face-to-face interactions. While teenagers may be using drugs less, there is a question of whether they have simply substituted one habit for another in their smartphone use.

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    Campbell 1

    Clay Campbell

    Professor Richardson

    English 1201

    3 February 2019

    Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs with Smartphones?

    In a recent article written by Matt Richtel, a question is proposed about whether or not kids are

    more attached to their devices rather than drugs. There is evidence that the use of marijuana and

    other drugs has been declining over the past decade, while the usage of cell phones and the

    internet has steadily been increasing. For a lot of kids, communicating through text is a lot less

    intimidating than face-to-face contact. One high school senior says, “you can sit around and

    look like you’re doing something, even if you’re not doing something, like just surfing the web”.

    Studies have shown that in 2015, “4.2 percent of teenagers ages 12 to 17 reported smoking a

    cigarette in the last month, down from 10.8 percent in 2005”. There’s no question that teenagers

    are starting to use drugs less often, but are they substituting one bad habit for another? One may

    look at this shift in drug usage vs technology usage to be a good thing, however technology can

    be just as harmful if not worse. With how much smartphones and computers are advancing and

    becoming more prominent in our daily routines, it’s scary to imagine where we’ll be 10 years

    from now.

    Campbell 2
    Works Cited:

    Richtel, Matt. “Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones?” The New York Times, The

    New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/health/teenagers-drugs-

    smartphones.html?_r=0.

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