Drugs in Our teens.

Almost every teen experiments with drugs. The normal age to experiment is 12 to 13 years of age. Most teens start off by trying marijuana and 60% of them go on to use cocaine. Teens start using drugs for many different reasons: to be cool, problems at home, peer pressure or just to try them. Most parents worry that their teenage children might be using or might start using drugs. Sometimes the use of drugs can have disastrous …showed first 75 words of 347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 347 total…time. The smoke from cannabis contains all the toxic constituents of smoke including irritants, tumor initiator, tumor promoters and carcinogens, and carbon monoxide. Methamphetamine is dangerous not only to the meth user but to society at large. It's estimated that every pound of methamphetamine produced leaves behind 5 to 7 pounds of toxic waste. 72% of teen pregnancies are caused by drug and alcohol and 48% of them don't use protection so the risk is greater of contracting STD's.