Teen Drug Use: A Closer Look
teenagers get involved in drugs. What we do not know, or do not know enough about, is how teens get driven to drugs. There are many different opinions of why teens turn to drugs. Urbana High school’s staff and students had different opinions on this subject.
1) It is a way to deal with pain, the pain of death, an injury, bullying, and tragedy.
“I think teens do drugs as a way to cope with pain. Unfortunately, it’s a destructive way to cope,” said English Teacher Rachel Moyer.
“Tragedy. Almost always its tragedy,” said Sophomore Quentin Roberson.
2) Friends, or the pop/culture around them telling them to drugs.
“I think teens get driven to drugs because their friends are doing drugs and they may want to fit in,” said Sophomore Celeste Miller.
“Peer pressure and images/ideas portrayed in pop/culture and society,” said English Teacher Tim Broeker.
3) Curiosity and peer pressure when teens see their friends around drugs.
“I think teens get into drugs because they’re curious. They want to know why everyone knows that drugs are bad, but yet people still do it, ” said Freshman Elizabeth Coffman-Mackey said.
“I think teens get into drugs because their friends make them get into it, and then the friends keep supplying them with it over and over until its too late to stop, ” said Sophomore Tori Washington
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