There are many reason. It could be because they think it is cool. They think, "Oh cool, everybody else is doing it maybe I should try." Perhaps they are stuck in a situation where it is either do the drug or whatever or get beat up.
Some of it goes back to their upbringing. If they have strict discipline and are taught not to give in nor care what others think, they tend to be more able to resist. But even then, it is still possible to fall. You cannot develop inner strength just from lectures. Personal experience and mistakes are often required.
fear and stress
Insecurity
Peer pressure...
About 85%
Peer pressure can affect them. They might be willing to do anything that there peers are doing and it could go against there parents wishes. Peer pressure may lead to teens doing what there peers are doing and it may affect them in the future.
fear and stress
Insecurity
100% at sometime or another, everyone sometimes, unknowingly submits to peer pressure
just about every teen out there experiences peer pressure
Peer pressure...
The statistics for clothing as a result of peer pressure are alarming especially for teens. Over 65 percent of clothing trends are influenced by peer pressure.
About 85%
Peer pressure can affect them. They might be willing to do anything that there peers are doing and it could go against there parents wishes. Peer pressure may lead to teens doing what there peers are doing and it may affect them in the future.
30% of teens are teenagers
Most teens succumb to peer pressure by their friends.
because their peers are pressuring them
Teens must learn to be not to be submissive, be self confident and original.