- Peer pressure -
- Young people may give in to pressures from other kids to try drugs. They may use a drug to feel like part of the crowd, or to act grown-up.
- Pleasure -
- Some teenagers say they take drugs to feel good.
- Curiosity or Experimentation -
- At first, teenagers may be tempted to try a drug to find out for themselves what it is like. Usually people who use a drug for this reason do not continue use for long periods of time.
- Boredom -
- If they lack outside activities and interests after school, young people may want to try something new and exciting. The 9:00 to 3:30 routine may be as boring to children as the 9:00 to 5:00 routine is for many adults.
- Self-esteem -
- Young people, as well as adults, often use drugs to try to feel more confident about themselves. Drugs seem to make them feel more important and powerful.
- Coping with stress -
- Many young people have not fully developed their problem-solving skills. Some of them use drugs to help cope with problems at school, in the family, and with social relationships.
- Escapism -
- Drugs appear to make things better than they really are. Problems don’t seem as real or important.
- Rebellion -
- Since most adults do not approve of drug use among children, young people may use drugs to rebel against parents or teachers.
- Mental illness -
- Drug use may be an indicator of underlying mental illness
to the young adukts that think they want to try drugs please o some research before you start doing what you do
Have we forgotten what a “drug” even is? They’re not a separate aspect of our existence… Every person reading this (or not reading this, even) is using “drugs”. Oxygen, H2O, Vitamins and Minerals in food (and unfortunately the pesticides, herbicides, insecticides sprayed onto many foods) all of these are drugs that we intake on a consistent daily basis. Of course, these aren’t the drugs referred to in the article at hand… But there are some common substances that are overlooked as drugs, such as coffee, tobacco, pharmaceuticals and all of the nasty additives put into an overwhelming amount of “food”…. yuck