The problem of youth drug abuse
The phenomenon that youth are using both legal and illegal drugs attracts society's attention. Today i want to analyize the cause and solution of this problem.
Some sociologists claim that parents often set a bad example , which i quite agree. It's obvious by everyone's standards, that parents are thee best teacher for children , because their behaviors affects their children gradually . In another words, the child will behave as their parents do . So if the parents are addictided to drugs , the chance for child to contact with drugs will increase. What's more , with the development of media, children's attitude towards drugs can be misunderstood easily. Drug is one of the most popular elements involve in the gangster films. Then some youths misunderstand that drug is a symbol of cool and maturity. It's easy to explain the reason why the want to taste them .
As for how to fight youth drug abuse , we should set out from two sides . On the one hand , let the teenager realize the perniciousness of drugs, by that means, that we should declear the fact that drugs not only damage the nervine system , making them addictied , but also cause physicial problems. Thinking highly of their own health , the youth natually will keep away from drugs, which would destroy their bright life . On the other hand , the drugs need to be forbidden strictly i law. Besides, the drug salers should be sentenced badly. It' s government's duty to stop the circulating of drugs on the market.
In short, teenagers are the vnlnerable groups in society , so it is our adults' duty to protect them from the damage of drugs by educating them and supervising from government.
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appreciate for your comment, and i made some change on my solution part blew.
Being attract with the high profit to produce drug, many jobless guys resorted to sell drugs. So being offered a well-paid job may improve this phenomenon. when they are in a stable situation , the produce of drugs decreases , and there are less drug circulating on the market .
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Hi! Well first, I agree that being in an environment where drugs are normalized will increase the likelihood that a child will do drugs. However, I think you overlooked a few important reasons as to WHY people start using drugs. Sure, some people may use it to make themselves seem cooler, but I think majority of teens/adults use drugs as a coping mechanism. And those that sell drugs often do it out of financial desperation, meaning they don’t have any other option for a job, so they resort to selling drugs.
Which country are you specifically talking about when you mention the rising drug issue? I don’t know about other countries, but in America there are already high prison sentences for either using or selling drugs. It can range anywhere from 2 years to a life sentence. Yes, a life sentence!! I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the United States only has 5% of the world’s ENTIRE popular, but we have 25% of the world’s prison population. We have more people incarcerated for drug crimes than any other crime combined!! That’s including rape, murder, theft, etc. With that being said, I don’t think the solution is sentencing drug dealers/users harshly. This has proven to not work and to massively destroy communities, especially low-income ones. I think rehabilitation and education are much better alternatives. Communities become empowered when they’re educated because it means that they can get well-paying jobs. When people have well-paying jobs, they do not need to sell drugs anymore.
People who use and sell drugs are not bad people. Please understand this. They are only responding to the chaos and uncertainty of their situation.
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