Discuss the impact of drugs abuse on youths

http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/227
This website talks about the policies by schools on drugs and what impact it has on youths. It also talks about the consequences for violation of the school policies. It says that 2/3 of the schools in the United States had policies prohibiting tobacco use for students, staff and visitors in the school building on school grounds. Overall, this website talks about the research done on the prevention of youth substance use through the school policy.

http://www.emaxhealth.com/22/10460.html
This website shows a survey stating how youths have abused drugs. It also says that youths are using alternative forms of tobacco, like cigars and flavoured cigarettes. It also talks about some of the ways youths can get rid of the habit, like getting it through physical activities. The survey also shows that 1 in 10 high school students said they had used a prescription painkiller in the past month to get high. Overall, it talks about the impact of drugs on youths and how to stop it.

Jia Tong
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http://www.doh.wa.gov/publicat/2007_news/healthy_youth_06.htm
This is a website stating how serious that drugs abuse on youth has gotten to by conducting a survey on Washington kids. The website also talks about what the government effort in stopping the situation from getting worse. Lastly, the website also talks about why the situation is getting worse.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/e632
This website talks about a specific drug -Marijuana, and how it's legalization will affect the youth. It talks about how the subject had caused debates over the last 40 years. The website also says the how Marijuana is used in medical purpose but the adolescents may use the drug in a wrong way.

Steven
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http://www.ycwa.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1166370527
This website is a forum that discusses the subjects regarding youths. There is a section dedicated to youth crime and specifically drug or substance abuse. There are quite a few topics created discussing the impact of drug abuse on youths. In the particular forum topic in the link, the different impacts of drug abuse are discussed, namely, physical, emotional and social impact. Overall this forum is useful for getting information and discussing about youth crime.

http://www.connectforkids.org/node/57
This website shows an article that discusses the impact of substance abuse on different people. In the topic of youths, the article has a section on the impact of drug abuse on youths in foster care. It shows that a study was performed, results show that some of the youths abusing drugs while in out-of-home care. The article also states that many of the youths who abuse drugs would experience bouts of homelessness and they might run away from home.

Leonard
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http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/teens/a/blcasa030819.htm
A survey conducted shows that teens will smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs increases sharply if they are highly stressed, frequently bored or have substantial amounts of spending money. Youths thought that by engaging in these acitivites, they could relieve the stress. But however, they do not know the pontential dangers of drug and alcoholic abuse. Therefore, the community should educate them and teach the appropriate to relieve stress, eg. engaging in outdoor activites, sports and hobbies or simply hanging out with friends and relatives or families. Youths must be able to stop the bad habits and recognise the dangers that may occur if they continue to do so.

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wpaydrug.htm
This is an international website that serves to identify the problems as well as the trends in the latest drug abuse among youths. The consequences of widespread drug abuse and trafficking, particularly for young men and women, are all too apparent. Violence, particularly street violence, often results from drug abuse and illicit drug networks. Thus, the international organizations seeks to solve these rising problems by educating the public and to stop them from abusing the drugs. Providing medical treatment and the rehabilitation to the abusers and give them the appropriate counselling to help stop their cravings are some of the measures highlighted by the website to solve the problems of rising youth abusers.

JunJie
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