Hello Family,
In coordination with red ribbon week, we'll be posting some snippets about drug use among adolescents. Here's the first in our series.
As a parent, it is hard to believe that my middle schooler could be doing drugs. But, the truth is substance abuse in teens is an ongoing reality in the United States. Though the rates are lower than rates in 1990, the rates of drug use in middle school and the number of 11- or 12-year-old kids doing drugs in the United States are alarmingly high. Close to 5 million American adolescents suffer from substance abuse or alcohol use disorder.
These stats should raise eyebrows and catch all of our attention because adolescent drug use can severely affect their futures. The younger a person is when they start using substances, the greater the chance they’ll become addicted. The immature adolescent brain is also uniquely susceptible to irreversible brain damage from drinking and drugs. Studies show that marijuana and alcohol use today could contribute to physical and mental problems in the future.
Stay tuned next week for more information about the trends in adolescent drug use, the reasons they use drugs, the signs of drug abuse, and resources for help.
In coordination with red ribbon week, we'll be posting some snippets about drug use among adolescents. Here's the first in our series.
As a parent, it is hard to believe that my middle schooler could be doing drugs. But, the truth is substance abuse in teens is an ongoing reality in the United States. Though the rates are lower than rates in 1990, the rates of drug use in middle school and the number of 11- or 12-year-old kids doing drugs in the United States are alarmingly high. Close to 5 million American adolescents suffer from substance abuse or alcohol use disorder.
These stats should raise eyebrows and catch all of our attention because adolescent drug use can severely affect their futures. The younger a person is when they start using substances, the greater the chance they’ll become addicted. The immature adolescent brain is also uniquely susceptible to irreversible brain damage from drinking and drugs. Studies show that marijuana and alcohol use today could contribute to physical and mental problems in the future.
Stay tuned next week for more information about the trends in adolescent drug use, the reasons they use drugs, the signs of drug abuse, and resources for help.
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