2007-09-17 09:04:37 · 9 answers · asked by tazz 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
peer pressure (fitting in with a social group, trying to attract a member of the opposite sex)
attention
boredom
curiosity
a cry for help
That's about the majority of the reasons why kids turn to drugs
2007-09-17 09:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sharon F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. From my own experience, I first did drugs at 13 or 14. I was in that "transition" period where I was trying to find out who I was, I guess. I had lost two of my best friends and was trying to find a place where I fit in. I ended up hanging out with the wrong kind of crowd and held off on doing anything 'bad' for a while. It got to the point where I just felt I needed to do drugs to bond better with the group. I wasn't directly pressured into doing it, but I felt insecure about myself. I've since grown up! That's just one example of course. There are a multitude of reasons why kids turn to drugs.
2007-09-17 09:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by lyona22 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a couple times. I was 14 and my mom was in the hospital (coma for 3 1/2 weeks). I was trying to forget my problems. I guess others do it to fit in. It wasn't that fun, but that's not why I was doing it. Hope this helped.
2007-09-17 09:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by Shelbi =) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think peer pressure has a lot to do with it. That and boredom!!
There is nothing for children to do anymore! Someone offers them something to try and promise that it will be an experience and they do it.
It is a real shame.
They really don't understand the consequences.
Pippa
2007-09-21 07:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by PIPPA H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kids/teens do drugs to fit in with the crowd or to get high so that they dont have to feel the pains they have in their lives!
2007-09-17 09:13:39 · answer #5 · answered by maggieslove88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess they do it to fit in.Perhaps they think it makes them cool. It is so wrong.I wish kids would think before they start.
2007-09-17 09:13:31 · answer #6 · answered by ponygirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
peer pressure, loneliness, sometimes a cycle, boredom
2007-09-17 09:35:51 · answer #7 · answered by phantom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are idiots! And of course because there are more idiots to sell it, give it to them!!!
Major, revolting problem!
2007-09-17 09:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by hedychambers 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
isn't that what we ALL want to know?
2007-09-17 09:39:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋