Drug abuse is becoming a widespread problem within the adolescent's community. The amount of adolescents who abuse drugs like marijuana grow exponentially as the view and opinions towards recreational drugs mitigates. The authors of the journal “Surveying teens in school to assess the prevalence of problematic drug use" explain that more than one third of the students that participated in the study had problematic use.
"The support for legalizing marijuana has tripled since 1898 from
16 to 54 percent"(Sanders). The authors of the journal article
"Marijuana use and depression among adults: Testing for casual
association" found that "the odds of depression among the non-using
comparison users are 1.4 times higher. Against all research showing the
potential dangers of marijuana, people still believe that it is a safe drug.
Laura Sanders states in an article that 1 in 10 of marijuana users get addicted
to the drug.
Marijuana is also known to hinge
brain development. Different studies have proven that cannabis might contribute
to acquiring psychosis such as schizophrenia. The authors are specifically
examining the brain chemical changes caused by marijuana or cannabis that might
lead to chemical imbalance and thus psychosis.
All these studies and researches
conclude that marijuana affects the lives of adolescent’s significantly long
term and short term. From all the research I have done, it is safe to say that
marijuana use during young age will be problematic at later age and presently.
This issue needs to be addressed as it will affect the productivity of the
generation and will also set the path for coming generations.
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