Drug Abuse2

Introduction: Drug use among teenagers seems to be on the rise. Marijuana is almost commonplace among kids my age. Many of my friends have tried, or are involved with drugs and I never could understand why. I chose this topic in order to try and get a sense of why people do it, or why it is on the rise among teens. Just like smoking cigarettes, it seems obvious that the effects of drugs are …showed first 75 words of 1991 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1991 total…to match the trends set forth by the study, because his drug habits and needs decreased as he got older. The study shows that from eighth grade to twelfth grade the tendency of teenagers to do drugs increased. So, Brad’s case proves that statistics can’t be applied to everyone within a social trend. Statistics are basically a form of stereotyping, and it isn’t right for anyone to judge someone based on statistics.