Drugs and Adolescents

             It is drug-free week at school again. Many activities are scheduled for the students as well as guest speakers that will reiterate the importance of remaining drug free. Guest speakers talk about their experiences with drugs and how they overcame their problems. This is a habitual event for students, and they do not pay much attention to these speakers and the advice that they give them. Little do they know that they will be faced with the same temptations that these people were faced with. Why do young people ignore the advice that others give them and find out the hard way? The author believes that young people ignore others' advice because they are full of pride, they want to fit in, and because they did not experience the pain themselves.
             Pride is a large problem for young people. They feel that they are too good to listen to anybody else and that they don't have to listen to anybody else. Also, young and old people alike feel that they can handle the problem themselves. Young people like to be independent and figure out their own problems. Children need to realize that older people are more knowledgeable and have more experience in life than they do. The problems that old people face will occur in most children's lives. Young people on the whole need to swallow their pride and except and use the advice given by their elders who have experienced situations similar to the temptations that young people are faced with today.
             Probably the largest reason why young people disregard the advice given to them is peer pressure. When a young person's friends want them to do something, not many people can persuade them to do otherwise. Peer pressure is a very dangerous thing can lead to trouble. One sees instances everyday were children are pressured into doing things that they do not approve of. This can range from anything from cheating on a test to smoking marijuana. The need for social attention
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