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

sociologist

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sociologists

believe

this

is

as a result

of bad parental and societal influence.

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essay

intend

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intends

is intended

to discuss the reasons attached to

this

increase and the adverse effect of

drug

abuse

. The

first

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

youth

engage in

drug

abuse

. 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.

However

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

This

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.

This

make

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makes

the children result

to

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for

in

of

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

this

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

this

will include the children in

the poorer

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the poorest

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

drug

abuse

has been seen in different areas of

live

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life

in our

youth

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

drug

abuse

, a larger percentage which are occupied by the

youth

.

This

is because they are mostly the

abuser

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abuse

of both legal drugs like tramadol,

pentacozine

and illegal drugs like cocaine and amphetamines.

Furthermore

,

drug

abuse

has been

statistical

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statistically

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

This

was

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has been

evidence

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evident

evidenced

by the recently published journal

by

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of

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

high-school

a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

highschool

drop out can be attributed to

drug

abuse

. In conclusion, Neglect and poverty

seems

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seem

to be the cause of

drug

abuse

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

this

, health education about these major effects of

drug

abuse

in schools to our

youth

would go a long way in curbing

this

growing disease in our nation.