2006-09-14 01:55:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Peer pressure and unhappy home life
2006-09-14 01:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
mostly for an escape from all the crap in thier lives, or to fit in. personally, when i was 16, i used them for both reasons. but after only 2 weeks of using (and worse yet, selling) prescription pills, i was ratted out by some dumb chick, who i didn't realize at the time was doing me a favor.
it is not the right way to do it, but some people feel like they have tryed everything else, and that drugs are the only way the have left to turn. i pitty them, because i know exactly how they feel.
2006-09-14 09:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by my_name_is_what 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe teens try drugs to fit in. Some try it and like it and then feel like it's some sort of escape from reality. Some might try it because they grew up in homes that use drugs. My mother was addicted to cocaine and I knew this, I just grew up looking at her and knowing I didn't want a trouble life like the one she gave herself and her children, so even as a teen I steered clear of drugs and I am nothing like my mother today! I wish more kids understood what drugs came do to not only their lives, but to their family's lives as well.
2006-09-14 09:01:08 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(1) Peer pressure, (2) Boredom, (3) Peer pressure, (4) Desire to escape from reality, (5) Peer pressure, (6) Unhappy home life, (7) Peer pressure, (8) Curiosity, (9) Peer pressure, (10) Wanting to catch a really cool buzz...
Did I mention peer pressure?
2006-09-14 09:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teenagers ~ peer pressure
Adults ~ trying to escape reality
2006-09-14 08:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by sweetestthing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think part of it is due to peer pressure...if their friends are doing it, they may be pushed into it. Then, too, they may just like the feeling of getting high. It's an escape from the problems of their lives.
2006-09-14 09:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by Forceof1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to try some thing that is wrong same reason they drink, smoke and have sex. Growing up they were hold it was wrong buy parents, teacher and even know all aids on TV, So they want to break the rules. That is my oppion.
2006-09-14 09:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda Leigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for some ~ it is to escape! Others do it for fun, yet still others do it because of presure from their friends.
Maybe they are trying to forget something bad that has happened to them. I am sure there are multiple reasons and no one answer can be the right answer.
2006-09-14 08:58:07 · answer #8 · answered by JUNONNKI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sense of mortality yet.
Teenagers don't have ability to see/understand far reaching consequences. They don't realize that things and substances they do have consequences that may not manifest until older.
2006-09-14 11:04:22 · answer #9 · answered by Applecore782 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't feel loved and their parents haven't taken the time to get them involved in positive activities such as sports, church, Scouting, etc.
2006-09-14 09:03:54 · answer #10 · answered by lmnop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋