Teen_Drug_Use

Teen Drug Use Why Do Youth Use Drugs ' Abstract: People who use drugs usually say they feel great at first and that drugs are the best thing that ever happened to them ¡X but that doesn\'t last long. Over time, they\'ll need more and more to get the same high ¡X and this really increases the risk of addiction, and in some cases, overdose. And even if they never O.D., drugs can ruin their health, force them to drop out of school, lose friends, and impair their judgment enough that they\'ll do some really stupid stuff. Drug users do things they wouldn\'t do while sober¡Xthey engage in unsafe sex or put other people\'s lives at risk on the road. Sure, this might all seem fun for them while they\'re doing it but are they going to be laughing through an unwanted pregnancy, a car accident, or during the wait for results from an AIDS test' Need more proof' Drug abusers can develop psychological problems such as suicidal depression or serious physical problems such as liver damage and brain damage. Of course, there\'s also the risk of death from an overdose. (www.drugfreeamerica.org) With all this in mind, and all the education programs such as drugs, drug, children, study, likely, abuse, alcohol, substance, found, users, teens, problems, parents, high, youth, research, family, areas, urban, status, social, 2003, youths, welsh, siegel, senna, rural, graders, among, abusers, about, using, tobacco, themselves, school, risk