Drug Abuse In High School

When we were traveling to America we faced many difficulties, but once we made it to our Aunt's house in Virginia we knew it was going to be a great, yet grueling experience. When I first started going to school it seemed as if I was on another planet. Everyone looked different, spoke a strange language, and had a distinct mindset then me; the life of a kid should seem easy because there isn’t anything to worry about, yet worrying about everything was my coping mechanism. When I entered middle school depression and anger hit me like a freight train, so much to the point where I almost committed suicide. Fighting my so called friends for “fun” and not caring about my future was my life for those

The existence of a myriad of social problems among teenagers that both parents and states have to deal with is a factor whose weight ought not to be treated lightly. The increasing level of drug use among the adolescents constitutes one of the ever increasing situations in the society and may, as a matter of fact, be a representation other underlying issues. The level of the situation in the contemporary world, though not discussed as much as it ought to be, has reached alarming levels. There seems to be an increasing predisposition among the use to take the drugs as it's reflected in the escalating trends of drug abuse among this generation of individuals (spooner, 1999). The ever deteriorating levels of this situation coupled with the widespread permissiveness in the society and the absence of attention from appropriate caregivers at different institutions only means that the need to address the problem is paramount. Different avenues of solutions can be applied in reducing the level of the problem and averting the massive negative consequences that come with the phenomena. Dealing with this issue is not a matter of instance as the different parameters of the problems, its causes and possible workable solutions have to be discovered. As such, research on these dynamics is a mandatory undertaking.

Another prominent college drug is ecstasy, also known as molly or MDMA, which is an illegal stimulant popularized in the nineties. This drug causes euphoria, lowered inhibitions, calmness and therefore is the perfect party drug for colleges (Addiction). This drug only gives the person who takes it a high for a few hours, but the maleffects can last for a few days after taking it. These effects can cause a student to not show up to class and not learn as well, like many other drugs that college students take. Universities that serve as venues for concerts should regulate the availability of alcohol as those who are drinking are more likely to take ecstasy in the moment. Drugs and alcohol abuse are present in almost every university in the world, and each university responds differently. Many public universities are recognizing the problems of substance abuse. A large number of public universities provide alcohol education for all students in order to help them understand what the substances can do to life. A large discrepancy between public and private schools are the number of drug related referrals versus arrests. “In 2013, public, 4-year universities with enrollments of 20,000 or higher referred 13,600 students for drug abuse violations. Nearly 8,500 students were arrested. At institutions such as San Diego State University, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the numbers of disciplinary referrals and arrests for drug use are nearly equal. At a number of large universities, however, arrested students actually outnumber students who are referred for disciplinary action. Between 2011 and 2013, 537 students at the University of California at Berkeley were arrested for drug use on campus, and 254 were referred for disciplinary action.” (New). This disparity means that in some schools, students are getting both their educational history marked and their criminal. Universities should start to up the restrictions on availability of alcohol, so their students would not have any problems with disciplinary actions. The drugs on campus are only being regulated by discipline, not based on helping the students get rid of addiction. These campuses should not fine or arrest

I was living with a man who made $400,000 annually simply for being everyone’s favorite toy. This man had everything he could ever want but he was still stuck with the one thing he couldn’t get rid of; me. I am a reminder of the past, the dirt under a laborers fingernails, the ink splotch on his paychecks. As his resentment grew, i was poor in a new definition. I not only lacked financial aid, but i lacked a support system, i had no family left to tuck me in at night, i had nothing left to hold. Years passed and i got used to this life, i found ways to get to school but i still struggled to understand basic topics. Doing my homework required focus, something i could never get in that house. I scraped by for those 10 years, doing what i could to keep from becoming uneducated like my mother and stuck with a rotten oak

As the food coma sets in my body and drop of sweat rolls off of my forehead, my gaze locks onto the sunny afternoon rays peeking through the classroom window. My eighth grade English teacher drones on and on about the end of the year benchmark test while the musky air encases me in a trancelike state. I could not be bothered to listen what the two boys were arguing about, but soon realized it was a mistake as I got a whiff of drugs passing through my nose. The distinctive smell of marijuana wafts throughout the classroom and somehow the mother-like woman didn’t even notice, she just continued to bore the students. At the time, I could not fathom how these 13 year old boys were doing something so dumb that they would want to jeopardize their

The summer that marked the transition from junior to senior high also became the point in my life when I realized my friends in middle school would turn into completely new people during high school. The innocent kids I grew up with were now experimenting with new things and new people, all of which were fine with me, until I received a phone call late one night. One of my friends was at an upperclassman's party where illegal substances were being abused. He was coaxed into ingesting large amounts of hydrocodone which led to a severe decrease in his blood pressure. Hearing this traumatic news prompted me to want to prevent an event like this from happening again. I contacted Deborah Soule, a Partnership for a Drug Free Community board member, and together we founded a drug prevention group called Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Leaders.

Throughout America, many cases of drug use in schools are reported every year. This being said, students every year are affected by such cases. For example, students who are using these 'recreation drugs' could be affecting surrounding students second handedly, essentially affecting their education in the long run as it persists. Resulting in this, the usage of drug-sniffing dogs coming around quarterly or weekly would catch the unsuspecting hoodrats red handed and guilty right on the spot. Along with this, it would reduce the amount of drugs that are in the hands of these pre-adult teens and put more education in their minds. As a result, the use of drug-sniffing dogs would effectively reduce drug use.

West Fargo School give police permission to have occasional visits to prevent drug uses in the schools, helps school to drugs free zone, and student be safe. Sometimes there are some problems with the use of drug sniffing dogs and sometime it makes them feel like a suspect. Some school does not have sniffing dogs and is not required by the state. Sniffing dogs not only helps school it also helps there parent be more caution of their children.

Drug taking was very common in my High School and has influenced me to not take drugs for many reasons. I went to Martin Luther King. Jr High School in New York City, which was not a reputable school. I decided to go that school because I believed that it would be very beneficial towards my education because it was in Manhattan. However, although the school was located in downtown Manhattan, many students including myself were from inner cities such as the Bronx and Brooklyn. Almost every one of my peers did drugs, primarily Marijuana. I remember walking in the hallways and seeing people drug deal. Also, my friends would invite me to smoke with them after school, but I would say no until one day, I decided to try it.

Has anyone in your family ever die because they couldn’t control their alcohol abuse or they were scared to ask for help ?Alcohol abuse is an important topic because many people die from it everyday. Alcohol abuse plays a major role in high school students because of the things they see their parents do and their peers do Alcohol abuse plays a major role on teens in high school because of things that their parents do in front of them and they catch on and want to be like them.

I lived in Maryland until I moved in third grade. The school I went to was nothing like Hopkinton so moving here was a very big shock. A lot of the kids that I went to school with were very underprivileged and it had a large population of kids that had parents that may have been in jail or had a substance abuse problem. Many of the kids that I took the bus with didn’t have parents to greet them at the bus. My school was also a title one school. This means that my school was qualified to get funds for these families that were less fortunate. It was also a title one school due to the low test scores. A huge part of why they were such low scores was because of these kids home lives. Because of their home life, these kids would often act out in

I want to start this off with a little call back to the motto of our school board of education: “our children, our future.” I believe what the board of education fails to realize, is that “our children” are ruining themselves, and cannot create themselves from the ground up. The schools are meant to teach them, on many subjects, including math, reading, and writing skills, as well as drug use. I'm not here to talk about the terrible English test scoring (which although they are getting better, all statistics, no matter what, will fluctuate) or the terrible math abilities of students. However I am here to talk about the drug use in these schools, and how next to nothing is being done to help our students to steer away from using the very

Heroin is highly addictive and negatively impacts high school students as well as all of its other users both mentally and physically. “It is extremely harmful and results in lasting effects on students’ academic performance, attendance rates, physical and mental health, and future endeavors.” (Paolini, 2016). Frequently referred to as black tar, hell dust, horse, smack, or Big H, heroin is one of the most commonly used opioid drugs on the market. It is also the fastest-acting of all of the opioid drugs. While heroin was once thought to have medicinal purposes, we now have a better understanding of the danger that this drug possesses.

Drug abuse can be very detrimental for Academic performance in schools. Its effects can have far reaching effects on the society because the students are the future of any society or country. Drug abuse takes place when a drug is self injected without medical approval or without the approval of an authorised doctor. Even if a drug is taken in excess of prescription it is defined as drug abuse. In secondary schools drug abuse is related to self injection without medical prescription. It leads to changes in mode of behaviour of a person. After a person starts abusing drugs he/she becomes dependent on it and its abuse becomes a compulsion for the person. For students the effects are adverse because students in general are not generally aware of the long term ill effects as these can not only harm our careers but also our physical and mental well being. The abuse of drugs wastes important time of the students as instead of concentrating their compulsar dose of drugs. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of drug and substance abuse on participation in learning among secondary school students.

The drug abuse among school students is an increasing social phenomenon. This trend has caused widespread concern among parents and educators who feel something should be done to stem the tide of drug abuse. The most popular response to this problem has been to establish some type of Drug Education programs that will inform the youth of the inherent dangers associated with drug consumption. Drug Education can play a counterbalancing role in shaping a normative culture of safety and moderation.