A drug is a substance that changes the mind and body. Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers today. <Tab/>Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the growing process. During these years teens are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, discovering independence, learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives some sort …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…studies have found that drugs are a contributing factor to suicide. Using drugs may reduce inhibitions and impair judgment, suicide is a possibility. As one statistic illustrates 70% of all young people who attempted suicide used drugs (http://narconon.org/html/soln1/sol4.htm). <Tab/>Final conclusion: everything stated above is general knowledge. People know these things. Yet, people still find themselves in the middle of a drug addiction. Its truly scary.