Peer Pressure
Peer pressure is the control and influence people affect others. A negative effect of peer pressure is anything that a peer tells an individual what to do that makes them feel uncomfortable or that they know is wrong. It can be a very dangerous thing when you are young and impressionable. Negative peer pressure can make teens do many different things such as drinking, drug use or change of appearance; these things have very bad consequences and can affect people's lives on the long run.
An example of negative peer pressure that affects someone’s life is drinking. The effects of drinking can be for a short while or for the rest of your life. The short-term effects of drinking are drowsiness, trouble breathing, black outs, trouble thinking, and can make you uncoordinated, and finally passing out. The long term effects are even worse. People can become so addicted to alcohol that they cannot live without it. Continuous drinking damages the liver, heart and brain. This leads to organ transplants or death. If the physical damage is not enough the mental and emotional damage is even worse. Alcohol can cause teens to have unprotected sex, to vandalize property, or even kill others; in car accidents or violence toward others. Drunk driving is the nation's most frequently committed violent crime. For example, a peer pressures another individual to consume alcohol during a party, therefore, joins them for a ride and end up crashing due to alcohol consumption. Although, alcohol is not only affecting others but also with the help of drug use creates more oppression. Drinking and alcoholism have been linked to personality characteristics such as strong tendencies to act impulsively and to seek out new experiences and sensations.
In addition to alcohol consumption, drug use is another example of negative peer pressure that affects someone’s life. People can be pressured into doing many different kinds of drugs. Some short-term effects of drugs can be short feeling of
An example of negative peer pressure that affects someone’s life is drinking. The effects of drinking can be for a short while or for the rest of your life. The short-term effects of drinking are drowsiness, trouble breathing, black outs, trouble thinking, and can make you uncoordinated, and finally passing out. The long term effects are even worse. People can become so addicted to alcohol that they cannot live without it. Continuous drinking damages the liver, heart and brain. This leads to organ transplants or death. If the physical damage is not enough the mental and emotional damage is even worse. Alcohol can cause teens to have unprotected sex, to vandalize property, or even kill others; in car accidents or violence toward others. Drunk driving is the nation's most frequently committed violent crime. For example, a peer pressures another individual to consume alcohol during a party, therefore, joins them for a ride and end up crashing due to alcohol consumption. Although, alcohol is not only affecting others but also with the help of drug use creates more oppression. Drinking and alcoholism have been linked to personality characteristics such as strong tendencies to act impulsively and to seek out new experiences and sensations.
In addition to alcohol consumption, drug use is another example of negative peer pressure that affects someone’s life. People can be pressured into doing many different kinds of drugs. Some short-term effects of drugs can be short feeling of