Substance Abuse

There is a great deal of people who are on legal drugs, using them illegally. The vast majority of people that are on it are our youth and teens. They are on everything from cannabis to opiates. Many of the teens that indulge in these drugs are mislead in believing that it is cool. There are a lot of drugs that people are indulging in, but the main focus is on prescription pills, MDMA, and Promethazine/Codeine. It was once said that cannabis is the gateway drug to every other drug. Not once has a person overdosed on cannabis, but yet these modern day dope fiends are using other outlets. They are crushing up pills and making prescription cocktails. This phase is turning into an epidemic and many people are dying due to such ignorance of life. The music that is listened to has a big influence on the youth and teens of our present and future generations. It might not be cool to do, but rappers do it and put these fatal lyrics in their songs. The generation is slowly dying and killing each other all off of a new type of high.
Where did our society go wrong when dealing with these young people on drugs? Is it due to bad parenting or the continued influence of rap songs, videos, and television? The fact of the matter remains that we are not doing the best we can to guide our future society down the right path. Addiction is both a mental and physical abuse. Some teens don’t know they are addicted because they always do it and don’t try and stop. The problem occurs when they do try and stop and realize that it’s much harder than they thought. When a person is addicted to a substance there is no telling what they would do to get their fix. So, then that leads to them stealing, killing, robbing, and doing other things just for an hour long high. It has really become an epidemic that we need to get under control.
These drug users are gaining these prescriptions of anti-depressants, sleeping pills, attention-deficit, MDMA, and regular codeine pills. The biggest