The Effect Of Drugs On Teenagers' Lives
Emma Perritte
Emma Perritte
Sixty percent of the United States drug use and prescription abuse comes from teenagers. The numbers of younger aged citizens that abuse drugs has continuously risen throughout the last decade. This use often takes place in schools where students no longer focus on academics but instead look to drugs. A student’s developing brain and learning capabilities can be impacted by things like drugs as well.
Charlie Ervine, a Hillgrove sophomore, agrees that drug use can impact how a student does in school, “They wouldn’t be able to focus very well it would probably show a lack of effort and attention.” The use of drugs at school can send a student down the wrong path, and prevent success in their academic life. Some people view drugs as a coping mechanism, or a form of stress relief. Charlie believes that a teen would look to drugs for a solution because, “Everyone has personal problems and their minds aren’t quite developed yet.” The lack of development in a teenager’s brain prevents them from thinking ahead to the consequences of abusing drugs, once again proving that drugs will very negatively impact how a student does in school.
The conversation of drugs and teens’ brains is something that has been confirmed many times, the negative outweighs the positive. “When you use drugs you lose brain cells that could damage academics,” says Dylan Blum, another sophomore. “Teens are making it a trend to use drugs.” Blum believes that this trend of drugs is what causes many to become hooked. It can be easy for a student to obtain drugs in highschool by purchasing them from someone selling, this trade of product goes on more than most people think.
Raegan Armstrong continues speaking on the subject, supporting the claim that drugs clearly lower academic and life success. “Students will be much less motivated to learn or pay attention in class.” No motivation means students will fall behind in their classes quickly and easily. “I think drug use has risen mainly because more people are gaining access to them,” says Armstrong. As students begin driving and working, the eligibility to get drugs increases because more students are willing to pay for them. The rise of drug use could eventually cause detriment to not only their own lives but also their academics and future.
Charlie Ervine, a Hillgrove sophomore, agrees that drug use can impact how a student does in school, “They wouldn’t be able to focus very well it would probably show a lack of effort and attention.” The use of drugs at school can send a student down the wrong path, and prevent success in their academic life. Some people view drugs as a coping mechanism, or a form of stress relief. Charlie believes that a teen would look to drugs for a solution because, “Everyone has personal problems and their minds aren’t quite developed yet.” The lack of development in a teenager’s brain prevents them from thinking ahead to the consequences of abusing drugs, once again proving that drugs will very negatively impact how a student does in school.
The conversation of drugs and teens’ brains is something that has been confirmed many times, the negative outweighs the positive. “When you use drugs you lose brain cells that could damage academics,” says Dylan Blum, another sophomore. “Teens are making it a trend to use drugs.” Blum believes that this trend of drugs is what causes many to become hooked. It can be easy for a student to obtain drugs in highschool by purchasing them from someone selling, this trade of product goes on more than most people think.
Raegan Armstrong continues speaking on the subject, supporting the claim that drugs clearly lower academic and life success. “Students will be much less motivated to learn or pay attention in class.” No motivation means students will fall behind in their classes quickly and easily. “I think drug use has risen mainly because more people are gaining access to them,” says Armstrong. As students begin driving and working, the eligibility to get drugs increases because more students are willing to pay for them. The rise of drug use could eventually cause detriment to not only their own lives but also their academics and future.
