Drug Abuse Among Youth

Drug abuse has been growing at alarming rates among youths, teenagers and students. It has been seen that these days high school drug abuse is on the rise drastically and this is one of the major reasons for the youth to be targeted by the same. Thus there is a need for imposing measures through which the drug abuse in these schools can be stopped. Stopping drug abuse in schools is one of the most vital factors and the necessary measures for prevention should be taken.

For preventing drug abuse in youths both the parents and the teachers should be aware of the behavioral changes and other related changes in them. It has been seen that many adults reflect signs of using or abusing chemicals and these may be very severe forms of drugs also. Parents should try and read more about drug abuse and be aware of the symptoms of the same. This would give them the advantage of helping out their children and stop them from getting into more serious problems.

There are many forms of behavioral changes and other related changes that can help in understanding the most common behavioral signs of drug abuse. These are common symptoms which youth exhibit when using drugs or alcohol and some of major changes depicted here are the changes in friend circles. In this reference the school teachers and parents would notice a change in the group and here the youth would not be interacting much and would be switching friends and hanging around with other people.

These are the people who are usually very different than their old friends and there would also be a change in the friends that they have. Apart from this common symptoms of drug abuse include a change in the ability level of their performance. In such situations the grades of such students, drop drastically, and there is major change in regular grades and performance level and even other related activity. For parents, it is very easy to identify these changes and hence they should talk to such children or teenagers.

Some of the other major changes that most parents or teachers of the high school experience are the alterations in behavior along with mood swings. Basically the youth would be displaying emotional swings, which are usually high one day and low the next day. Hence the person on drug abuse could be aggressive or very quite. Even their use of words would be very different here and you would find that your child is using more of abusive words along with swears.

The youth would also start to withdraw and isolate themselves and would usually prefer being alone and avoid communication with their family members and friends. Alteration in their behavior, in terms with secrecy would be very prominent and such student usually try and keep things to them, wanting to avoid all kinds of conservations, especially ones related to their behavior changes. Such youth would also experience a great change in their diet and weight and they would be losing weight at a drastic level also.

• John Palsson
• 27/05/2009, 9:59 AM
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