Teenagers of every race, religion, and clique relate deeply to the words of the anonymous teenager within the book Go Ask Alice, by an anonymous girl whose life enters a place where, as most teenagers, she has no idea who to turn to, or where to go. ... This anonymous girl is a normal fifteen year old teenager who just wants to be popular and fit in. In this book, she goes through many different so-called friends, or people who she thinks she likes. ... This teenager caused a lot of stress on her family and friends. ... This book was a good lesson for me to realize what some teenagers and eve...

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DRUG ABUSE IN TEENAGER"S Have you ever thought that if there were no drugs how the world would look like? ... The parents need to realize that sometimes teenagers are going to experiment in ways their elders do. ... Try to make the teenagers understand the damages one can have because of taking drugs. ... A lot of experts are also of the strong opinion that teenagers often take drugs in order to fight with there social and academic pressures, emotional pain, and other difficulties. ... Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenager and chances are that they will come to you ...

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DRUG ABUSE IN TEENAGER"S Have you ever thought that if there were no drugs how the world would look like? ... The parents need to realize that sometimes teenagers are going to experiment in ways their elders do. ... Try to make the teenagers understand the damages one can have because of taking drugs. ... A lot of experts are also of the strong opinion that teenagers often take drugs in order to fight with there social and academic pressures, emotional pain, and other difficulties. ... Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenager and chances are that they will come to you ...

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However, drinking remains popular among teenagers. ... Many teenagers go to alcohol as their drug choice, and they are more inclined to make bad decisions when they under the influence. ... Banning alcohol from teenagers will only increase the curiosity of teenagers causing more underage drinkers. ... Solutions such as scare tactics does not inform teenagers about the consequences of alcohol abuse; instead, scare tactics makes teenagers unaware of the destruction of alcohol. Also, banning alcohol from teenagers does not decrease the curiosity of teenagers; instead, abstinence of alcohol woul...

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These problems will contribute a great negative effect on teenagers. ... Soon, teenagers will seek the euphoric effects of drugs. ... Teenagers start drinking because of their family issues, they drink to make feel older, mature, and sociable; another cause of teenager drinking is peer pressure. ... As a young age, the nervous systems are not fully developed, the alcohol is absorbed into their bodies faster, making them more likely go get alcohol poisoning. ... Going into 21st century, we have to face the problems of our future generations, there are many non-profitable organizations that ...

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"Earned" experience is an active process because it requires the process of actually going through the incident, while "unearned" experiences appear to be passive and unreal. I agree that unearned experience influence teenagers, but they are somewhat bringing good impact. Although the experiences are "unearned", people can still be benefitted as they "go through" those stories that don't belong to them. ... Such advertisments are more efficient than going through real experience, because it will be too late by the time comes. ... Teenagers who treat TV as a source of entertainment lose ...

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(Segal 194) Many American teenagers use more than one substance, whether it is using multiple drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. ... Adolescent substance abuse usually starts with the teenager drinking alcohol with his/her friends or family. ... While going through adolescence, children experience all kind of emotions and feelings and they often do not know how to deal with it. ... This goes into the category of trying to fit in because the teens that can fit in with his/her peers will more than likely feel better about themselves because now their insecurities are blanketed by the g...

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Teenagers want to think like adults, behave like adults and also start to view themselves as independent beings in decision making. ... The answer is that teenagers are under pressure by their peers, mass media and also the influence of parents. ... Then they would like to see how good it is the next weekend you go to that kind of party. ... Most teenagers are probably old enough to watch these shows but not mature enough to comprehend with the fictitious nature of movies and soap operas. ... These are some of the trends that make we teenagers most liable to the atrocities of the mode...

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Many teenagers lie to their parents about something they did or somewhere they went. ... I asked him once where he thought it all started to go wrong. He told me how he had lied to his parents so that he could go to a party, when he was a teenager, where he was exposed to and experimented with drugs and became addicted causing a downward spiral that continued until he was arrested and thrown in jail. ... They are planning on going to a rave, or using a fake id to get into a bar or club. ... For example, underage teenagers who have been smoking will lie to their parents. ...

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Up until now, drugs were seen as a way to flee the boredom of a typical Leechfield life by Mary and most other teenagers. ... However, looking back on the situation as an older and wiser woman, Karr understands that what she did was not the best thing for Meredith and actually feels guilty for not seeing that as a teenager. ... Meredith needed Mary to help alleviate her pain by talking to her about what was going on rather than through giving her drugs and alcohol to escape and temporarily forget. ... This one event in the lives of Mary and Meredith is something that happens to a number of...

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Definitely, if there is a contact with drugs by teenagers, it is the result of a careless moment of a parent. ... Essentially, mother and father are the ones who should avoid that teenagers manipulate or have contact with something that hurts them. ... Savannah, who was a drug addict girl since her 10 years old, points out that her parents are active drug consumers; and it was her mother who incited her to prove and go deeper into this world. Thus, with this kind of parents into the society, what figures are children going to follow for being like them? ... In spite of many popular cultures c...

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One in six teenagers who regularly smoke marijuana become dependent on it and one in ten adults who regularly smoke marijuana become dependent on it. ... The people who think they are just going to try marijuana a couple times can most certainly become the ones who become dependent on the drug. ... Many teenagers experience bad relationships within their family due to their marijuana use and begin to revolve their everyday activities around the drug. ... This regular use of marijuana, especially among teenagers, leads to a variety of possibilities of mental health problems. ... Teenagers and a...

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No matter how you look at gambling, it's not going away. ... If people have the right to go out and buy a lottery ticket and possibly win over $180 million, they should have the right to go to a casino, relax and play a game of cards. ... The National Institute of Mental Health notes that "addiction" to gambling is growing fastest among teenagers. Suicide rates are twice as high among teenagers with gambling problems, and teenagers are nearly two-and-one-half times as likely as adults to become compulsive gamblers. ... If someone lost a few million at a casino, people think he/she is...

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Due to some negative influence and an impaired value system, some teenagers get involved in delinquent behavior. ... In terms of tobacco, cigarettes are the most popular substance abused by teenagers and young people. ... Most of these girls feel unhappy about the way they look, some of them maintain a non-fat and non-sugar diet, but others go to extremes and literally starve themselves to death. ... But mostly, it's an unsuccessful progress as most teenagers return home to their parent after a few days. ... Some teenagers are abnormally depressed. ...

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Is it going to help lessen crime, produce huge tax revenue, or give ailing patients an effective medicine? ... According to CBSnew.com few teenagers say they've tried marijuana, but teens say it's easier to buy than cigarettes or beer, according to a national survey. ... For the first time since the study began in 1996, marijuana edged out cigarettes and beer as the easiest drug for teenagers to buy - 34 percent said it's the easiest of the three, compared with 31 percent for cigarettes and 14 percent for beer. ...

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Everywhere you go drug deals are happening. ... Even though this drug is legal, many teenagers abuse it. ... At the rate that most teenagers drink, they should be getting cirrhosis of the liver, cancer of the throat, mouth, or stomach, or have damage to their kidneys. ...

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This is a scene similar to what thousands of teenagers will experience until marijuana is legally accepted into the mainstream. Teenagers like to experiment, especially with anything considered to be rebellious or outside the norm of society. ... Family farms are being closed at an alarming rate with over 300,000 such farms going out of business in the past 10 years. ...

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Addiction is a severe, recurring heath problem for men, women, teenagers, and even adolescents of all races and backgrounds. ... Heroin addicts may go through methadone maintenance outpatient treatment. ...

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Teens all over the world are engaging in this worldwide drug, and certain measures must be taken if this act is going to come to a complete stop. Teens can marry at 18 but they can not drink, and many teens feel like they should be able to drink so they go ahead and do it anyway.The legal drinking age is 21 in most states, but is legalized at 18 in a select few. ... The drinking age has a major impact on the 18-21 year-old crowd because many feel drinking is a right they should have since they are considered adults, " Many Americans feel it is unfair that you can go to war for your country, bu...

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Even when I knew the consequences were going to be horrible. As a teenager I drank alcohol and did drugs, but I never believed that I had a problem. ... I felt like I was ready to go back into the world. ...

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Opponents of these recent measures argue that marijuana use has been steadily rising among teenagers and that this may lead to experimentation with hard drugs. ... I have smoked while I have been sick and have had a migraine go away. ...

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This year's topic isMy Commitment to America's Future?. Although this is a somewhat broad topic, I got to thinking, what is wrong with America? What is there that I could possibly change about our great country? Then it hit me. I can change our culture. So, my commitment to America's future is to p...

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While teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, their delinquency is related to the overall incidence of crime in society: teen crimes increase the same as adults (Gale, 1). ... When a child goes wrong, we almost always find that he has been exposed to neglect, unhappiness, insecurity, parental conflict, drunkenness, or other bad influences at home." ...

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More and more people r using drugs then ever b4 including teenagers. ... I place this in ur hands, ur honors to make the right decision about these kids Rehab centers r definitely the way to go when it comes to drug users. ...

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Many people claim that the only people using and selling marijuana are teenagers and young adults, well that statement is not true. ... Many businessmen go to the golf course on the weekends to relax and play golf with their associates to discuss business and to get out into nature. ...

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