Teens are risk takers and they have a need to prove themselves. The also are very sensitive to peer pressures. They hardly know the consequences of taking drugs. Maybe this picture (before and after drugs) will help: http://www.wellnessaid.com/health-practices/addiction/?tx_rhmcommunity_pi1%5Barticle%5D=500 ---- "peer pressure" is a big factor
Because they want to stand out or in some cases fit in but they don't know how to most of the time
They are fun.
About 10,000 and now teens try drugs every dayp.s NEVER try drugs
about 20 percent of teens use drugs in the us alone
In 30 days 20 percent of teens have been reported doing drugs.
In America, a study stated that 40 percent of teens have tried drugs. Nearly 80 percent of teens have tried alcohol.
people think its not a big deal because they don't realize what the drugs are doing to them. half those people think that because their teens and most teens may think doing drugs is cool and relaxing. teens do drugs just to fit in and be cool. drugs are actually stupid to do.
Averaged 1400 teens in the U.S die from illegal drugs a year.
every one of them
No, teens are not the only ones who abuse illegal drugs. Younger and older people abuse them, too, but the numbers of teens abusing drugs is usually greater.
The program that is called NIDA for teens seems to specialise in explaining drugs. Its a way for them to know the effects of the drugs on the body in hopes the teens won't want to experiment with them.
65%
Badly
because they are stupid.