What Are The Causes Of Teenage Drug Abuse?
Keeping our child away from drugs and alcohol is challenging. Half of all 12th graders have used illicit drugs, according to a survey released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2006. Our best weapon is to arm our selves is with education. Drug abuse starts when our teen makes a cognizant decision to take drugs. Used too often, drugs may cause our child to crave the substance. That’s because physical changes in the brain takes place. Neurons, or brain cells, use chemical messengers called neurotransmitters to “talk” to each other. Drugs hinder with this process by making both temporary and structural changes in brain cells. Mood, memory, thinking and even motor skills such as walking may be affected. When this happens, drug abuse turns into addiction. People who are addicted have a compulsive craving and cannot quit by themselves. Not everyone becomes addicted. But any drug abuse is dangerous. Teenagers are in a phase of life in which their brains and bodies are still developin
