Peer Pressure for Drugs What I believe how peer pressure influence teenagers into using drugs is because they want to imitate what others are doing and they want to look cool in front of everyone.What I consider Laurie Halse Anderson the author of “Speak” is saying about peer pressure is when someone forces you to do something and you don’t want to do it, they will leave you and if you do it they will make you do many other things you don’t want to do. How Melinda Sordino influenced by peer pressure because of her friends telling her to take a drink at the party, to let loose and drink a beer and she took the risk(Halse). I have experienced coercion when I was walking in the park, with my smaller crazy cousins that wanted to play in the long green slide, and this frightening man asked me if I wanted to smoke with him as we passed by him, however I said no and I walked away, In addition, I have seen my uncle being asked if he wanted a beer from a tall man on the street, although the man was trying to convince my uncle he didn’t take it because he didn't know what that drink was or what It had inside of It. When it comes to peer pressure, some …show more content…
How Melinda handled the pressure is she just let it get the best of her and she allowed it to control her, nevertheless it cost her a great deal, also made her vulnerable to