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Essay / Adolescent Drug Abuse - 975
Adolescent drug abuse is a problem that can result from a wide variety of social influences, stressful events, and mental disorders. Adolescent drug abuse is a concerning problem because it decreases concentration, increases the chances of consistency in behavior as an adult, increases the chances of developing emotional problems, permanently damages the brain, and damages the tissues of all systems, which can lead to death. Previous scientific research has identified that social factors, including media and peers, play an important role in psychological development and impact an adolescent's decision to begin experimenting with substances (Botvin 888). Appropriate solutions to the problem of adolescent drug addiction already exist, but the only remaining obstacle is the lack of effort in implementing proven methods of effective drug treatment. According to Dryden-Edwards, 2010 statistics show that about 30 percent of 10th graders in the United States have experimented with marijuana and 22.5 percent of 12th graders have used a wide variety of drugs, including cocaine. , vicodin, inhalants, ecstasy and anabolic steroids (“Teen Drug Abuse”). Additionally, Dryden-Edwards points out that some trends suggest that teen drug abuse has been declining since 2002, but other statistics show an increase in other drug addictions, so only the focus of drug abuse has changed while the main problem remains constant and persists. develop (“Adolescent drug abuse”). Additionally, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug abuse is classified as a mental illness because it disrupts regular patterns of needs and desires, and drug abuse frequently coexists with other mental disorders ( “Comorbidity: Addictio...... middle of document ......ents would decrease significantly Although the number of risk factors for the development of substance abuse makes it impossible to treat all potential risk factors in. At the same time, significant progress can be made by slowly implementing changes. Scientific research into effective therapeutic methods has already suggested potential changes in therapeutic models and social influences that may contribute to the prevention and treatment of cancer. drug abuse. Unfortunately, scientific research is ahead of the actual implementation of the results obtained to solve drug addiction problems among adolescents. Rather than conducting further research on the topic, the main goal should be to implement the current findings, because statistics suggest that the problem of adolescent drug abuse is constantly growing and theoretical knowledge is not sufficient. will not prove useful in solving this problem until they are established in practice..