ral wellbeing. Given enough communal use in a localized area, some substances can have an irrefutable negative influence on a given society. However, this only holds true for certain substances, and is absolutely false when it comes to others.
             If one were to take an objective look at the average American high school student, one should see a student free of drugs, devoted to education, and submissive to authority. Unfortunately this is not the average high school student. Most students? value lies in their peers, and in their social situation. This is a key influence on high school students in America. If some of the popular kids are interested in something collectively, the overwhelming chances are that most isolated peer groups will share some interest in what those few hold interest in. This is the nature of human beings in a social situation; in other words this set of behaviors is called social dynamics. When a person is denied individuality, such as is the case with most school children these days, a very distinct change occurs in the psyche of that person. They strive to gain acceptance as a significant being. One goes through all sorts of illogical trouble just to gain the acceptance of their peers. This behavior can start in elementary school, and can continue into adulthood. The less recognition one receives as an individual as a child, the more likely one is to use a substance. In a lot of situations involving controlled substances and high school students there is usually a reasonable amount of social influence, orpeer pressure? present. Weather the peer pressure is obviously observable or not, it is definitely present more often than not. Depending on the type of person, an average high school student could justify the using of substances very easily without any peer pressure. So it's not very hard to see why a majority of high school students have, at the very least, tried marijuana. The circumstances encountered at the...