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The Use and Education of Substance Abuse during Middle School

The street drugs that can be found by most any kid today have many severe consequences on both themselves and the world they occupy. No matter if you have children or not, it has become everybody’s problem. From the expense of state dependant health care for the ones who suffer from the ill effects of drug abuse to the cost of thief and damages concurred by their acts to buy the drugs. Addiction can affect any age from the newborn to the elderly. Maybe some of the most vulnerable and easily manipulated are the Middle School Students. Wanting to be accepted by their peers, easily influenced, and easily controllable they are especially easy targets for the dealers.

One of the drugs teens use in middle school is cocaine. It is a stimulant and it is very addictive. A lot of times teenage kids try something because of peer pressure and what they don’t know is that what they are trying is addictive. Once you have used this drug it is very hard to get off of and not even realize you’...

Posted by: Tricia F. Doyle

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