Drugs, Sex, Smoking And Alcohol On Teens - Drugs, Sex, Smoking and alcohol on teens

rldowling03

May 24 2006, 09:01 AM

Well I have noticed alot lately that more and more teenages are getting into Drugs, Sex, Smoking and Drinking at a very early age. I mean really early. Being a teen myself at age 15 i have had these things come up in my life aving te chance for alcohol, smoks and drugs but i haven't accepted them becuase I tink it's rediculous the amount of people getting and taking drugs, smoking and drinking alcohol at an extreme level. I know teens is meant to be fun and parties but i just dont agree. I knew alot of my friends got into smoking at 14 and even 12 and drugs at 13. Also I know people starting to have sex at 13 too, not that i can stop them but what ever happened to No sex before marriage, and i know alot of people just out there for it. And smoking and drugs shouldn't be done by any1 especially teens. So what do you guys think about it?

Tyssen

May 24 2006, 10:05 AM

Yeah steer clear of drugs while you're a teenager as they have a much greater negative effect on the developing brain than they do when you're an adult.

rldowling03

May 24 2006, 10:19 AM

Dont worry i gonna stay clear of drugs my whole life

ibsu

May 24 2006, 07:22 PM

13 year olds having sex is not really surprising around here anymore. It's really sad... Two girls at my highschool got pregnate. They were actually happy about it though and decided not to get abortion, so I glad to at least hear that.

braderz

May 24 2006, 08:49 PM

lol alcohol *rubs tummy* women mmm drugs baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

Cool_Freaker

May 24 2006, 09:31 PM

Yeah, + on the women and beer, but - on them drugs

fffanatics

May 25 2006, 03:02 AM

i Know what you mean. I had the chance to have alcohol, smoke, drugs, and sex before 15 and definitely didnt. Now im still not 21, i am 20 though, and have been drinking since 17 but in reasonable amounts. I dont go get wasted every night but i do have a couple most nights of the week wiht my roommates who are all 21 and we just kinda chill. There is nothing wrong with having alcohol in reasonable proportions as long as you dont "drink to get drunk". Young people should not be doing those things since you just get in trouble for it and its not agood thing.

Kubi

May 25 2006, 03:18 AM

Well, I'm 15, and I'm still straight edge. I see all my friends going to drugs, the worst is weed. It's so depressing seeing then do that stuff. My friend used to be a preppy/goth/emo(wierd combo huh?) and she used to talk about happy cheery stuff. Now she talks about going home with some guy to smoke "weed". I was so disappointed in her, she said she'd never do that.

I have never smoked, I never will. I can't even tolerate the smell of it. Drinking...Eh, it's really nothing special, I've had a sip before...It doesn't do anything for you but get you messed up, I don't plan on being an achoholic. This may sound wierd, but I'd much rather see my friends drinking, then smoking. Smoking is..permantent damage, I mean so is drinking, but you can get major cancer from smoking, and starting at the age of 14, 15, makes it even worse...

Straight edge for life!(until I'm 21!)

SarCasM

May 25 2006, 03:45 AM

You would probably hate me then.

I haven't had sex yet, simply because I haven't met a girl I wanted to do it with. Waiting before marrage? pfft,if you want to, fine. Don't push your standards and beliefs on me though(which you haven't, I'm just saying this to everyone). On the topic of teens getting pregnant, it's sad sure, but it's also their fault for not acting smart and knowing how to prevent it.

Drugs? Meh. Haven't done any drugs in my life so far, it's not something I really feel the need to do. Sure, I'll probably try a couple here and there, but it's not something I'll ever get into. And to anyone calling weed a drug, that's total bull. If marijuana is a drug, then every plant on this planet is a drug, too. And not all potheads are depressed losers who only think about when they're going to get their next joint. In fact, my best friend's brother is a pothead, hell he had a 6 foot bong built into his floor, and he's going through college with perfectly fine grades, and has a job.

Yes, some people who smoke weed are total morons, it's not just the marijuana's fault, it's theirs, too. Not saying they're bad people, they just don't have much self control. Smoking weed is no worse than smoking cigarettes or drinking to me, in fact it's been proven smoking cigarettes does more harm than marijuana, but that's a completely different subject, and I'm pretty sure you all hate cigarettes too. And ... wow, I'm starting to drag on, I nearly forgot this topic wasn't solely about weed.

Eh, I'm pretty sure everyone here disagrees with me, so I'm not going to post anything else after this in this topic. Feel free to post your arguments with anything I just said, although it will be just as pointless as this post itself.

Peace.

arnz

May 25 2006, 12:10 PM

I've started drinking at 15, but in small "in moderation" amounts. I am now 23, and still only drink in moderation those days.

I guess it really depends on control, peers, pressure, etc and whether to take up those things as a result. I never took drugs or smoked in my life, and not about to either. Yet had a couple of friends that drinks regularly at parties/clubs/etc.

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rldowling03

Jun 9 2006, 01:13 AM

Ok gaea to your question about when i said drugs are worse than cigaretes, well Togi answered that, drugs stuff you up man.

Anyway ok I will go through what I mean once again:

Drugs: No way nobody should be doing it but you know teens and that with peer pressure and having friends that do it can push you into doing it and to just try it but it just not good.

Sex: There is nothing wrong with sex in general but I talking about teens going out at nights coming home with a random guy they met, thats what im saying is wrong and I have seen 3 people i know get pregnant and 1 of them had twins by accident but she lost them, and wanted them so she got pregnant again.

Alcohol: Again there is nothing wrong with alcohol, im talking about teens who abuse it and go out with mates and just get drunk, of course im sure we all drink and perhaps get drunk at least once at like new years or christmas or something like that.

Cigarettes: Yes, people these days are getting into smoking very early, In my school i guess about 85% of year 10's smoke as everyone i know does and alot of people at my school go to the back of te oval EVERY recess and lunch just to smoke, which everyone knows smoking kills.

Anyway thats all from me for now!

Togi

Jun 8 2006, 09:07 PM

Hmm.. guess I'm just boring, but I don't do many of these things.
Cigarettes smell horrible, so I have no desire to smoke them.. I don't see how people get into these things.
Drinking, eh.. my boyfriend drinks a beer every so often, he says it tastes good, and it never changes his behavior, so alright. That's not any different than drinking soda or something, so who cares? I'm still 20, so I'm not quite old enough to supply my own, so.. *shrug*

..not sure I've been so avoidant of the sex, heh.. but drugs are just not cool. I've seen too many people get into that stuff, and it messes them up. Maybe I could experiment and still be okay, but I don't wanna test it. I'd rather try my luck with something a little less risky XD

Tyssen

Jun 7 2006, 02:30 AM

QUOTE(matto @ Jun 6 2006, 01:46 PM)

Anyone who is stupid enough to experiment with these things are... well, stupid.

Experimentation is not stupid. That's how we learn things - by trying them out and learning from the experiences whether positive or negative. Without experimentation none of the technology that we benefit from today would exist. Now I'm not advocating that everyone should go out and try all manner of drugs/alcohol, but saying experimentation is stupid is ... well ... stupid.

Nani Cheri

Jun 6 2006, 11:43 PM

It is so sad to hear about girls at an young age getting pregnant in the first place, but also when they think it is fun only and want to keep the child. They dont think about the consequences about having a child. If you dont have finished school, and dont have a job it is not fun at all. Maybe in the beginning they think it so cute etc. but what when they grow older? They go to school and want to go to danceschools or get pianolessons.. and you cant give them what they want. They will always be sad about it because their friends all can have piano and dancelessons. I mean as a mother or father, you want to give your kind all that he wants right, and want em to be happy???

Please think before having unprotected sex teens! Or just be protected when having sex. Especially girls should know 'the pill' is not difficult to take in just do it. THink about your future, and what you want to give your child in the future when you are ready..

gaea

Jun 6 2006, 10:40 PM

QUOTE(peo @ Jun 6 2006, 08:36 AM)

We can never stop the negative impacts on children, drugs and alcohol will always exist in our lives. They cant be banned or avioded. Personally i believe that there is nothing we can do about it. In our society today we should be stricter - We should be stricter and have more control of our children. We can't stop this impact on happening - but we can prevent our next generation by making them aware of why not to takes these things.

*looks confused* Didn't you just contradict yourself there?

QUOTE(peo @ Jun 6 2006, 08:36 AM)

In the netherlands its still legal to sell drugs - its pretty much as alcohol or tobacco there. If the bannation of drugs will be accomplished in the netherlands - it would be much harder to achieve drugs in other countries - however, there will always occur black business - drugs will always be a part of our lives if we don¨t do anything about it now!

A few quick points: 1) Only marijuana is decrimnalized (note that i didn't say "legalized," which is entirely different) in the Netherlands--no other "drugs" (except ciggeretts and alcohol) are. 2) Most of the marijuana around doesn't come from the netherlands. Ofcourse it highly depends on where you live, but here in the US almost all of it comes from Canada, within our own borders, and from mexico in the southern states.

Now that we're finished with that, lets examine the levels of marijuana usage in the United States compared to the netherlands. The statistics I'm going to use (cited below) are from 2001, but I'm sure you'd find very similar results if you looked into the newer surveys.

Percentage of individuals, twelve and older, who have ever tried marijuana:
The United States: 36.9%
The Netherlands: 17.0%

Percentage of individuals, twelve and older, who have used marijuana within the last month:
The United States: 5.4%
The Netherlands: 3.0%

Source for US statistics: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume I. Summary of National Findings (Washington, DC: HHS, August 2002), p. 109, Table H.1.

Source for Netherland Statistics: Trimbos Institute, "Report to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point, The Netherlands Drug Situation 2002" (Lisboa, Portugal: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Nov. 2002), p. 28, Table 2.1.

Put quite simply, prohibition doens't work. It didn't work for alcohol, and it's not working for marijuana. All it does is: put those who choose to buy marijuana into situations where they are exposed to harder drugs, jail hundreds of thousands of people for so called "victimless crimes," waste billions of dollars of tax payers' money, and provide financing for orginized crime. Fun.

If you want to check out a list of some more scientific studies try http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3383.

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