Many of the effects people mention are the
physical and mental effect that harm the
teens. There are many other impact of
drugs on youth. I would like to know more
about the impacts.
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Roy88
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Posted: 01-23-07 00:00am
Drugs has also other impact on those drugs
abuser. It is a actually a chain
reaction, it causes them to have family
breakup, and also losses of money as it
was spent to buy those drugs. Also, their
children might also get affected by them.
The foetus in the pregnant, drug abusing
mother could also be affected as the drug
may affect the growth or health of the
foetus.
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emptynest
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Posted: 10-09-07 23:41pm
It is my understanding that drug use can
arrest development. The individual
physically ages but does not grow
emotionally. There is a lot of "catch up"
to be accomplished after drug use stops.
If a person is an adolescent and avoiding
difficult to handle emotions by "escaping"
through drugs, they miss valuable lessons
in managing their feelings. It's a
vicious cycle: feeling uncomfortable
feelings and then getting high to feel
better. Part of maturing is learning to
deal with unpleasant feelings in a
constructive fashion.
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WShep
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Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 67 Location: SoCal, USA
Posted: 10-09-07 23:54pm
emptynest
wrote:
It is my understanding that
drug use can arrest development. The
individual physically ages but does not
grow emotionally. There is a lot of
"catch up" to be accomplished after drug
use stops. If a person is an adolescent
and avoiding difficult to handle emotions
by "escaping" through drugs, they miss
valuable lessons in managing their
feelings. It's a vicious cycle: feeling
uncomfortable feelings and then getting
high to feel better. Part of maturing is
learning to deal with unpleasant feelings
in a constructive
fashion.
2 votes for what Empty said....took the
words right out of my mouth.
but okay...something not physical or
mental.... hmmmmm
I was 15...had no real way of making money
but liked drugs and needed lots more
money. I embezzled over 3grand from a job
I worked at to support my habit. To make
it worse.....my friends Mom owned the
business which is the only reason a 15
year old could embezzle.
So that = theft and lack of morals.
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WShep
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Posted: 10-10-07 00:05am
Heres another one. Arguably physical.
Rather than go to an after school activity
like sports or hobby(heck even school in
general), I opted to go to my friends
house and smoke pot and experiment with
other drugs. Even tho after school stuff
seems silly, I was so young that I needed
to try these things out to see if I liked
them. I never tried and now im 22 and
play drums like a maniac. I wonder how
good I would be if I had been playing for
7 years instead of only a few. I know
many musicians that first met their love
from a school band or boredom. Not being
bored kept me from searching for things I
loved.
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emptynest
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Posted: 10-10-07 23:54pm
OK...so you are saying that, when you were
young, instead of being bored you were
using drugs. That's a confusing statement
to me. It seems like for lack of
something better to do, you experimented
with drugs. Boredom led to drug use.
Then, the more drugs you used, the less
interested you were in doing anything
else. The drugs narrowed your
perspective....you never imagined that
there was anything else out there that you
would enjoy like you enjoyed doing drugs.
That's how it looks to me.
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emptynest
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Posted: 10-11-07 00:19am
Re: theft and lack of morals. I am
thinking that when you were 15, stealing
was preferable to confronting and
constructively dealing with your feelings.
You liked how you felt when you smoked
pot. Instead of concluding that this was
a hobby that you couldn't afford or
choosing to make money legitimately, you
gave yourself permission to steal to get
what you wanted. This thinking only makes
sense when viewed through a smokey
marijuana haze. The behavior is motivated
by pure selfishness which is evidence of
emotional immaturity. I suspect that you
had morals. They just became less
important than getting high. That's just
my perspective.
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WShep
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Posted: 10-11-07 19:04pm
Its a tough one. Boredom did NOT lead to
my drug use. My life was so full of
activity that boredom just wasn't an
option. It started as an experiment of
something new. Then.....after a while you
are right. Drugs took over from the other
things I did enjoy that kept me busy. It
becme what I wanted to do ALL the time. I
was never happy unless I was high. I was
never bored till I quit smoking pot.
RE RE theft and morals. Pretty much! I
was 15, pretty safe to say I was
emotionally immature.
