Teen Drug Abuse
Drug abuse by teenagers is very common, which can lead to catastrophic consequences in the future. A significant proportion of deaths among people between 15 and 24 are connected in one way or other abuse of drugs or alcohol. This abuse also leads to violent crimes like assault, murder or rape. Some young people take drugs to overcome depression and anxiety.
When a young man in the family suddenly aberrant behavior, or try to keep away from family members, you have some reason to be suspicious. Physical symptoms like red eyes, persistent cough, and changes in sleeping and eating habits should also serve as warning signals.
A teenager with a family history of drug abuse and lack of social skills can rapidly from the level of experimentation to serious abuse or dependence. Some other young people who have no family history of such abuse can also increase the levels of total dependence. Although any prediction is almost impossible to adolescents should include a family history of drug abuse, and especially anything that experimentation.
The concern of the users of drugs and their effects on mood and performance, can lead to poor performance in schools, colleges or workplaces, which the dismissal. Drug addiction can devastate a child’s parents and other family members, and ruin family life. According to the National Survey of American attitudes on substance abuse by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, adolescents and their parents see drugs as their biggest concern.
The effects of different types of drugs on teenagers include irritability, insomnia, cramps, anxiety, paranoia, violent behavior, memory loss, learning difficulties, increased heart rate, lethargy, seizures, panic, the symptoms of chronic bronchitis, cough and sputum daily, frequent colds, muscle tension , clench your teeth, dehydration, hypothermia, brain damage and death.