Teen Drug Addicts

An issue that went from a minor one and now it's a growing epidemic. Whether it's prescription pills or illegal pills, marijuana, cocaine or even syrup teens are the new target for drug dealers. Teens used to spend their money on clothes, shoes, cell phone bills, or money to get into clubs that's for teens. Nowadays that's all out the window teens are now and have been using their money on drugs. It's the new normal not for all teens but for a good amount of them which is a growing concern for parents, teachers, relatives and loved ones of those teens that are becoming addicted to these drugs. The new normal is horrendous to say but it's becoming a fact that people can't sweep under a rug or just keep within their households hoping their neighbors or loved ones won't find out. The affects of these drugs are evident and it's shown all over the teens face by aging them faster than normal. Drug dealers go wherever the money resides and the money resides in these teenagers some who know no better and some who just wants to fit it and some who are just reckless and just wants to get a high to help them get over the fact that their life isn't going the direction they had hoped or they're not receiving the grades their parents expect of them. Teens are becoming as worrisome as adults and with the growing pressure to go to college and get a great education in order to receive a higher paying job it's becoming a pressure filled life for these young soon to be adults. College cost is a key factor to kids using drugs because the pressure is on them to receive good grades or play well enough to receive a scholarship that will pay for their college education on their some of their parents can't afford. On the other hand some kids just receive pressure to live up to their parents accomplishments which is also attributing to their drug usage. Counselors should take more action in guiding these children in the right direction but it starts at home with the parents. We need to take more initiative before we lose more and more teens lives due to the uncontrollable drug addiction some of them have. We have to take action and take the initiative now.