Teen Addiction

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Teen Drug Abuse4

Drug Addiction in Teens12

Psychological Dependence13

Physical Dependence14

Factors behind its Use14

Specific Reasons15

Effects16

Precautions19

Legalization Issue of Drugs20

Treating Addiction in the Family23

Addiction Counseling30

References43

Teen Addiction

Introduction

As far as the term juvenile delinquency is concerned it came into being because of the fact that the young lawbreakers could be avoided from being classified as lawbreakers in terms of the legal records. The juvenile delinquency laws were basically made to prevent the juvenile offenders from punishment because the basic purpose of the law is to treat the juveniles.

The young ones are sent to juvenile court so that they can be rehabilitated rather than to punish them. But nowadays the term juvenile delinquency itself has become a disgrace. A young one can be termed as delinquent if he or she has committed crime or has run off the home. But it is a fact that, if a young one is declared delinquent in one society he might not be considered the same in the other society because of the different norms and laws of the societies. (Dolan, 2003)

In some societies or communities if children are accused of delinquencies than they are referred to their parents and they are being warned but in other societies or communities the children are referred to the juvenile courts where they are officially termed as delinquents but referring to parents doesn't apply where the delinquencies are not minor.

Teen Drug Abuse

A drug is a substance that alters the mind, body or both. Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in Persia in colleges today. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process (Shiromoto 2004).

During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their sexual roles, assenting independence, learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs are readily, adolescents are curious and venerable, and there is peer pressure to experiment, and there us a temptation to escape from conflicts. (Dolan, 2003) The use of drugs by teenagers in Persia is the result of a combination of factors such as peer pressure, curiosity, and availability. Drugs addiction among adolescents in turn lead to depression and suicide (Shiromoto 2004).

One of the most important reasons of teenage drug usage is peer pressure. Peer pressure makes drugs seem popular, makes you have a fear of being an outcast, and since everyone is doing it, it is the “cool” thing to do…right? Wrong. Peer pressure represents social influences that effect adolescents, it can have a positive, or a negative effect, depending on person's social group and one can follow one path of the other. We are greatly influenced by the people around us. In today's colleges, drugs are very common; peer pressure usually is the reason for their usage (www.nodrugs.com 1).

If the people in your social group use drugs, there will be pressure a direct or indirect pressure from them. A person may be offered to try drugs, which ...