Teofilo Malca Professor Mirchandani ENGL 101 October 2, 2014 Why Kids Try Drugs for the First Time Adolescence is a period of life in which kids are exploring the life as grown ups. Many adolescents are tempted to start using drugs like Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis, which are the most popular drugs used by teens. Teenagers do not realize the damage that drugs cause to their bodies and minds. Peer pressure, social acceptance, not fully developed brain, depression, stress, curiosity, misuse of technology, the environment, TV and movies are the most common reasons for the adolescents to try drugs for their first time. For this and many other reasons, they are incited to try something new that they think will help them be free and show them that they can break any boundaries in their lives, whether from their parents or anyone they feel controlled by. The first and most important cause of kids trying drugs for the first time is the peer pressure. Since little kids, our fathers tell us who should our friends be and who should not, at that time you may think: ¨What’s the problem I can have the friends, I want that’s not their problem¨ but you are wrong, they just want the best for you. Your peers sometimes …show more content…
Parents usually don’t give much importance when a teen is depressed. However, they are wrong. When teens are depressed, the most common thing nowadays is to take drugs. They think that drugs will take away all their problems, but the only thing they do is get you into more trouble. The causes of teen depression are not yet known, although, there are some researches that say that some of the most common causes are family issues, environment and life events. Even though there is nothing proven yet, most of the researches think that the most important cause for adolescents taking drugs is to fight their depression are their relationships, and that more than a half of depressed teens are not in a