why do young people like to take drugs at a young age?

Answer 1

okay, i'm going to answer this question WITHOUT insulting, or calling anybody "stupid".
correction: the main reason teens do it is not because they are "stupid".
i wasn't "stupid"... nor were my friends. we just lacked direction. i was addicted to crystal meth for almost a year and a half. (i've been clean now for over a year, and very proud of myself. i feel awesome)
the reason i did it, personally, was because my boyfriend at the time had a friend who gave it to us for free... and we were bored. also, we were the standard "rebellious" teenagers looking to cause controversy due to lack of attention. my mother was a single parent with two jobs, and i was ungrateful and alone all the time. i had the time, connections, and means to do meth. my friends came from similar backgrounds. if you take a look at the kids who do drugs, many of them don't have the cliche "perfect family" with a mom and a dad and straight A's. many of them struggle with mental disorders like depression or add/adhd, and don't have parents around to tell them "hey, that's so wrong" or get them the correct help. so they turn to their friends. birds of a feather flock together.
thankfully, i met the right person. he told me how ugly i was when i was on drugs. so i quit. cold turkey. because i knew that i had to in order to be with him. i completely separated myself from that crowd. and a month after i did, my old friends started to pass away due to their addiction. the last i heard, one of my closest friends od'd on heroin at a party on michael's birthday (the guy who cleaned me up)... she died because nobody called an ambulance. she was the fifth (ex)friend who's died in the last year because of drugs.
it's not that these teenagers are "stupid" (and in case i haven't made it clear yet, i REALLY don't appreciate those comments, that just goes to show that you people truly have never experienced any of this)... it's just that they need direction. they need somebody to have faith in them. and somebody to help them through recovery. sometimes it's religion. sometimes it's parents or friends. and sometimes it's a future husband.
so instead of talking trash about them, how about trying to help them?
i know that's what they would appreciate.

Answer 2

There have been studies that show that from a very young age people try to find ways to change their state of mind (example, little kids that spin around until they are so dizzy they fall down every time they try to stand). It could be that there is a biological drive to alter our state of consciousness. That being said, smart people use constructive ways to do this (runners get a runner's high). You'll often find people who give to charity or help feed the homeless because it "makes them FEEL good." People put themselves on roller coasters to achieve these same goals. Lazy people use substances to alter their consciousness, unfortunately this has a negative impact on them, those around them, and society as a whole.

You can take a dad who used to play ball in the backyard with his kids and got great joy out of his family, put him on meth for a while and then urge him to play with his kids. He'll answer that he just doesn't find it "fun" anymore. What he used to find stimulating won't get him to the same levels it used to because the drugs have deteriorated the pleasure centers of his brain.

Answer 3

certain it would properly be variety negative to you at a cushty age. because you're nonetheless turning out to be and devolping innovations and body sensible. it would even postpone purberty if someone hasnt hit yet surprisingly demanding center drugs and ingesting. and would reason mind damage because you may free mind cells (somethings do extra damage or speedier damage than others) i imagine it doesnt count number ehat your age is it is going to nonetheless have negative effects and that i recommend no longer doing it no count number if its for relaxing, in case you've been stress, or to flee because there is soo a lot different issues that are better to attempt this placed somethig soo undesirable into your body. certain you may die at a youthful age once you've executed alot of undesirable negative issues.. Alot of the drugs and alcohol are demanding to get off of in case you want to get off them and also you'd be apologetic about doing them contained in the first position. My suggestion dont do drugs contained in the first position at a cushty age espcially hardcore form like crack and meth. Weed and different leaf plant depending ones arent as undesirable and if I actually have ever all started or experiamented with drugs i might want to pick that on the grounds that its no longer as demanding to get off of than meth or crack, although i recognize you may have withdrawls from it. I dont even recognize why 10-13 years imagine its cool to attempt this stuff or challenge about doing it and so on. at the same time as i become 10-13 all i cared about become pop music (britney spears, backstreet boys, and many extra), barbies, and the "lord of the earrings" and not in any respect really heard of all of us doing drugs or considered youngsters attempt this at that age, or perhaps having sex. guy the position did this ever develop into difficulty-free in youthful youngsters come from. Shouldnt they be annoying about college or barbies or some thing that a baby should be worring about and not in any respect be doing "man or woman like" and unlawful stuff. I swear its taking position a hollow in a fashion and want youngsters didnt do this stuff.

Answer 4

Older people do drugs too...It really just depends on the person. Most kids do it to be cool and others do it just because they don t feel good about themselves and it makes them feel a lot better.....

Answer 5

they think drugs will help them relax or cope with life. Don't you know this? OMG if you don't.

Answer 6

Because they are stupid and don't know what to do with their life. They also do it sometimes because everyone else is doing it and they don't want to be the odd one out. They wanna be treated like their worth something, cool.

Answer 7

The teen years are when most experimentation is done. They experiment with pot, alcohol and sex.

Answer 8

peer pressure
curiosity
act of rebellion

Answer 9

BECAUSE OF PEER PRESSURE OR THEY THINK THEY ARE MORE POPULAR IF THEY DO SO AND THE MAIN REASON BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID. DRUGS KILL

Answer 10

it's all part of new experiences...and making your own decisions, just hope they are smart enough to only do it once.