Today's essay topic: *People in all modern societies use drugs, but today's youth are experimenting with both legal and illegal drugs, and at an increasingly early age. Some sociologists claim that parents and other members of society often set a bad example. Discuss the causes and some effects of widespread drug use by young people in modern day society. Make any recommendations you feel are necessary to help fight youth drug abuse.*

There has been an increase in the rate at which young adult use illegal and legal medications. Many

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of bad parental and societal influence.

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increase and the adverse effect of

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reason is connected with the family - Neglect and poverty seems to be the reason why

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engage in

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. In order for a child to grow up in a balanced way, it is very important that he or she is nurtured well by his or her parents.

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, these days, it is often the case that children are neglected.

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may be because of the fact that many parents in cities now both have to work so are often not around to give their children support when needed.

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drugs to curb the loneliness. Another factor is the increasing levels of poverty around the world. We have seen with globalization the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and

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inevitably means that those who are poorer will have to resort to illegal means to get what others have. Of course,

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will include the children in

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families selling drugs to make money in order to survive. The effect of

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has been seen in different areas of

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today. A major negative is the increasing level of mental cases recorded each year from

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, a larger percentage which are occupied by the

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.

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is because they are mostly the

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of both legal drugs like tramadol,

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and illegal drugs like cocaine and amphetamines.

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proven to be related to low IQ and a large rate of school- drop out.

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the British Society of Psychology which showed that about 58% of

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drop out can be attributed to

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. In conclusion, Neglect and poverty

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with low I.Q and illiteracy being a major downfall. To solve

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, health education about these major effects of

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in schools to our

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would go a long way in curbing

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growing disease in our nation.