The use of illegal drugs among today's teenagers is rampantly increasing. Drugs are going from the undergrounds to the hallways of America's schools; nevertheless, they are corrupting America's youth. Those that are fighting the war against drugs are using the wrong weapons to defend teenagers from this enemy. For example, education and drug abuse programs are being used as weapons, but, ironically, they are merely arousing curiosity in the adolescents. Although teenagers are being taught that drug abuse is wrong, there is a greater force on the adversary's side-teenagers are finding reasons to justify their actions. THESIS: There are three primary causes, by which teenagers are brainwashed into using drugs: curiosity, rebellion, and peer pressure.
             When students are taught to "just say no," they wonder why. Education on the effects and detriments of drugs are one-sided, which, unfortunately, leaves unanswered questions in the minds of the adolescents. Most anti-drug slogans plainly promote the abstinence of drugs; in most cases, they fail to explain the possible results of ignorance. Consequently, kids become curious. As teenagers, the inevitable force of curiosity brings them beyond reasonable measures to merely satisfy any curiosities they may have. According to the teenager, if he is curious about a drug, he has the full right to try it. That is the universal strength of curiosity-to become a legitimate reason to oppose the rules. Accordingly, curiosity is an initial drug in itself.
             Also, the teenage years of one's life are primarily vulnerable to rebellion. Parents seem to have come from another planet, as teenagers seem to know all that there is to know. Therefore, kids insensibly rebel against their parents. In most homes, the issue on drug abuse is strongly stressed to the children. But at such an age, their peers have a much greater influence on them
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