Research Paper On Drugs In High School

I truly believe that if you can approach and tackle an issue before it arises you have a better chance of preventing long-term issues that will emerge in the future. Through my studies I have learned that if you educate students on bad choice making and the consequences that come from it you have a better chance for those students not to make those bad decisions. For this Midterm Project I plan to target high school students and inform them about drug use and abuse. In my opinion I think that if we teach high school students the effects that drugs can have on your body and your future maybe we can prevent them from using drugs for the first time or stop the issue before it gets out of hand. Students who are in high school can be hard to talk to but if you use material and language that catches their attention your speech can very influential to them. I want to prevent teens from using drugs. I want and need them to be educated on all the harms that illegal substances do to your body immediately after using them and what long-term effects come with it as well. Students should be shown real life examples of citizens who have lived their lives influenced by drugs and examples of successful people who have chose a

Research done by Bilchek and Crowe (1998) concludes that there are a host of problems that can arise when using prescription and illegal drugs. The most common problems that can arise have to do with academics, physical and mental health and delinquency (Bilchek and Crowe 1998). When students begin experimenting with illegal and prescription drugs, it can cause a destructive ripple effect in their lives. Beginning with academics, students that abuse illegal drugs may begin to have declining grades, a lack of motivation, and skip class more often. When students are concentrated on getting the next high, they will lose the motivation to study and keep up their grades. It could even escalate as far as skipping class or dropping out. This leads to poor performance and a downward spiral effect. If an individual becomes more concerned with the next high or rush he or she gets than their education, they will be unfortunately more likely to drop out. As a result of dropping out, the only option as a source of income is to find a low paying job to pay for the addiction that will inevitably form and be difficult to overcome. Not only will substance abuse have an effect on one’s academic career, but their physical and mental state as well. When an individual is under the influence, their ability to make suitable choices is considerably hindered. This can lead to injuries from

I chose this topic because students that take performance enhancing drugs in high school have a high risk of potential failure of kidneys and liver. Performance enhancing drugs are also a big deal in high school sports because it gives the athletes an unfair advantage. What I found while researching this topic is that student athletes between the ages of 16-17 choose to use performance enhancing drugs (“Source Placeholder”). These drugs have had a dramatic effect in high school sports by creating an unhealthy environment to play against the other students. Many students that use drugs eventually come into health problems as they begin to age and their body changes. It’s not suitable for students to take drugs because of the long term, and short term health risks

Sadly, in today’s society, there is a lot of issues concerning drug and alcohol abuse in schools whether its at the high school or college level. Not only does drug and alcohol consumption effect your overall health, it can effect your academic performance as well. In this paper I am going to be talking about the problems with drug and alcohol abuse, preventions, risks, costs and much more. We are going to dissect the problems with drug & alcohol consumption amongst young adults, from high school to college, and I will be talking about how students are getting these drugs and ways that we can prevent these problems.

Many teenagers across the country experiment with drugs. While most of them only do it once or twice, other teenagers or young adults create lifelong addictions. There are many reasons why people try drugs, leaving a deadly and devastating effect on anyone unlucky enough to be the person using or be close to the person using. Drugs can cause teens to begin abusing, create health problems, get people in serious trouble, or even lead to death.

There are many contributing factors that can lead to heroin and other drug use among high school students. Factors such as the availability and the growth of drugs in society, the enormous weight of peer pressure students face, the socio economics issues that students are a part of that can lead high school students down this destructive path.

Leonard, Basia, and Jeremy Roberts. “The Truth About Prescription Drugs. New York: Rosen Pub., 2012.print

It’s a well known fact that doing drugs as a student leads to dropping out of high school. It’s upsetting to many people that drug use can lead to a failed future. High school students’ amount of risky behaviors make them more vulnerable to the effects of drugs and these effects can damage multiple aspects of the student’s life, including their health, relationships, academics, and their future. A theory called the Problem Behavior Theory examines behavior structure for those at risk of drug addiction and suggests a risk behavior syndrome that includes cigarette smoking, alcohol, and other drug use (Zamboanga, Carlo, Raffaeli 1). Drugs like Marijuana, tobacco, cocaine etc, have a horrendous effect on users, and, unfortunately some users of these drugs tend to be used by high school students.

This is a movie about a mother named Sara Goldfarb played by Ellen Burstyn, her son and only child Harry played by Jared Leto, his best friend Tyrone C. Love played by Marlon Wayans, and Harry’s girlfriend Marion Silver played by Jennifer Connelly.

A high schooler is going to a party, aware there are going to be drugs going on there. She knows she won’t go near anybody doing them, but doesn’t know she will start drinking……... Alot. She walks in and is immediately handed a drink, she looks around and she knows she isn’t in a good atmosphere. She starts drinking and a guy walks over and starts talking to her about drugs and how they are safe and fun. She gets hooked, she starts and never stops. She’s driving home and she isn’t stopping at stop lights, stop signs and isn’t seeing straight. She hits something and wakes up in the hospital completely unaware of what happened. Drugs have changed her life completely.

Abington has been one of the best townships, specifically the school district has been ranked one of the best in the nation. However, all townships have their problems big and small. A major problem that affects everyone in the township happens to be drugs. This problem affects students in school or anyone in the neighborhood. However it has become a huge issue with students and in schools. It is so simple for most teens to get their hands on drugs. Maybe their parents keep prescription drugs in an unlocked cabinet, or even someone in their neighborhood who sells drugs. Drugs are used for a number of reasons by teens. Whether they are used for fun with friends or at a party, to relieve the stress of school, or maybe just because. Teachers give students a huge amount of work with sometimes hours of homework, papers, and tests and quizzes, that are almost always on the same day as tests or quizzes for another class. Teens are so stressed out that they may rely on drugs to complete the late night assignments, to focus, or even to just relax and remove the stress of school from an already stressful life. The negative impact of drugs on teens in abington can be eliminated by having more police roam the township and in schools for students to talk to and give presentations on drugs for students and parents.

This study on school based drug education provides a test of the comprehensive model of school based prevention. It helps identify possible different effects of this drug initiative (DARE). A DARE study with 1,584 students was done to see the effects of the program on the students behavior and attitude towards drugs(Rosenbaum, pg.3). DARE was showed to have no impact on students, but mixed with other factors, showed some impact on different groups of students. This study is important because a national survey in the 1980s showed that drugs were the biggest problem the U.S had (Rosenbaum,pg.4). This study can not only save society money, but help prevent the youth from taking drugs in the future. This study contributes to our understanding crime and policies. It shows how effective school based drug prevention is. Since controlled longitudinal evaluations of school based drug education is rare, we do not know what works. The practical significance of this study is that school based drug education is still not clear if it has a specific impact or other factors can contribute to it. Some factors may be the media, parents, peers, and society many contribute to the decline of adolescent drug use (Rosenbaum,pg.28).

Different drug use among adolescents affects the each one differently based on their experiences with the specific drug, the amount they’ve experienced, and the extent of their body and brain development. Adolescents or juveniles who associates themselves with others based on their likes and dislikes will likely engaged in similar activities whether it be good or bad through the influences and encouragements of one another. For example, someone who is a straight A student and follows the norms of society through the morals teaching from his parents when at the company of like mind or his parents will engage in the positive way that he was brought up. But when not around to be encourage of the positive actions; he will engage in deviants acts when he is detached from the norms and associate himself with others that commits deviant acts such as smoking and underage drinking. He may not engage it at first but will slowly comfort to the likes of it and soon enough will have the courage wanting to experiment in order to fit in. Those who smokes and drinks will try to solicit and or manipulate the innocent one to engage in such actions

Doing Drugs a young age can ruin the future for many kids that possible have a great future ahead of them. Did you know most teens who are good at sports either smoke weed or take steriods this is highschool and college. This could take a big role of many citizens of the united states. I think that we should buckle down as parents and tell our kids that focusing on school and sports or anything else could help you. I'm afraid that in a couple years that the world would go down heel because the amount of people that do drugs. Drugs could severely hurt you or moreless kill you.

Drug testing is a great way to keep your kid safe. High schools and middle schools are starting to drug test their students. It can be very helpful, making sure students are safe, and are not doing any activities under the influence of drugs. However,some people are against drug testing, saying it is costly and ineffective.