Academic Writing Research Proposal
CARIBBEAN MARITIME INSTITUTE
Kinston Jamaica
RESEARCH PRPOSAL
“WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON TEENAGERS?”
Research Proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the course DISL
To
Mrs Evette Johnson
By
DANE-HUE JOHNSON
December 2012
Statement of the problem The research problem being investigated is as follows: based on the information provided from the literature review, it is not known how and to what extent drug abuse affects teenagers in Bridgeport, St. Catherine; nor the effects of drug abuse on teenagers in Bridgeport. Therefore, a research will be conducted in Bridgeport to collect the information needed.
Background/Introduction
The problem of drug abuse in the current society is very high and needs to be diminished. This issue of teenagers abusing drugs is a very important issue in the society, and something needs to be done to lower and eventually stop this problem as it provides a wide variety of effects to teenagers. If something is not done to combat this issue there will problems such as lower population due to teenagers dying from using drugs excessively, more teenagers dropping out of school, and also more people being unemployed in the future.
Also, this problem arises from teenagers growing up in families with past relatives as drug addicts and also their parents exposing them to drugs at a very young age.
Research Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent drug abuse affects teenagers in Bridgeport, St. Catherine. It is to be done in order to find out how many teenager in modern society are abusing drugs and who will be the future of society.
Significance of the study
The significance of the study is to examine how many teenagers are affected by drug abuse in the community of Bridgeport, St. Catherine. It is important because, in order for the high level of drug abuse on teenagers to decrease, we need to know to what extent it is being used in the community. This is important because
Kinston Jamaica
RESEARCH PRPOSAL
“WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON TEENAGERS?”
Research Proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the course DISL
To
Mrs Evette Johnson
By
DANE-HUE JOHNSON
December 2012
Statement of the problem The research problem being investigated is as follows: based on the information provided from the literature review, it is not known how and to what extent drug abuse affects teenagers in Bridgeport, St. Catherine; nor the effects of drug abuse on teenagers in Bridgeport. Therefore, a research will be conducted in Bridgeport to collect the information needed.
Background/Introduction
The problem of drug abuse in the current society is very high and needs to be diminished. This issue of teenagers abusing drugs is a very important issue in the society, and something needs to be done to lower and eventually stop this problem as it provides a wide variety of effects to teenagers. If something is not done to combat this issue there will problems such as lower population due to teenagers dying from using drugs excessively, more teenagers dropping out of school, and also more people being unemployed in the future.
Also, this problem arises from teenagers growing up in families with past relatives as drug addicts and also their parents exposing them to drugs at a very young age.
Research Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent drug abuse affects teenagers in Bridgeport, St. Catherine. It is to be done in order to find out how many teenager in modern society are abusing drugs and who will be the future of society.
Significance of the study
The significance of the study is to examine how many teenagers are affected by drug abuse in the community of Bridgeport, St. Catherine. It is important because, in order for the high level of drug abuse on teenagers to decrease, we need to know to what extent it is being used in the community. This is important because
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