After an exhausting, mind blowing day at school, Camie finally arrived at her house and lugged her twenty pound bookbag into the kitchen, dropping it with a thud. With a long, deep sigh, she frantically scrounged around in her satchel for her half empty pack of Marlboro 27's. After three tests, a fight with her mother, and the horrific pep rally she was forced to endure, Camie was in desperate need of a cigarette.
According to the Mirriam Webster dictionary, to be addicted means "to devote oneself to something habitually or obsessively." Addictions have always been a prevalent issue in high schools across the world, but recently, they have dropped to the lowest records it has ever been. When asked about addictions, an anonymous freshman claimed that, "I can't go a day without a cigarette. My anxiety goes off the wall and I can't function." Many students stated that certain substances are a necessity of life and would absolutely crash without them. Studies have shown that most addictions begin in high school and carry over to the rest of their life.
In the past ten years, cigarettes and alcohol usage has dropped significantly, surprisingly. What has rised, although, has been marijuana and nonmedical prescription drug use, such as Adderall or Vicodin. According to some researchers, the reason of this is these drugs are perceived as "safe" and "harmless," therefore more popular. One prevailing reason of the tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drug drop are most likely the treatment programs that aid an estimated 200,000 teenage abusers every year. This does not make up for the thousands of rising marijuana and prescription drug addicts, in spite of the fact. Maybe if treatment programs focused on these rising drug addictions, these popular addictions can eventually subside just like the others.
According to the Mirriam Webster dictionary, to be addicted means "to devote oneself to something habitually or obsessively." Addictions have always been a prevalent issue in high schools across the world, but recently, they have dropped to the lowest records it has ever been. When asked about addictions, an anonymous freshman claimed that, "I can't go a day without a cigarette. My anxiety goes off the wall and I can't function." Many students stated that certain substances are a necessity of life and would absolutely crash without them. Studies have shown that most addictions begin in high school and carry over to the rest of their life.
In the past ten years, cigarettes and alcohol usage has dropped significantly, surprisingly. What has rised, although, has been marijuana and nonmedical prescription drug use, such as Adderall or Vicodin. According to some researchers, the reason of this is these drugs are perceived as "safe" and "harmless," therefore more popular. One prevailing reason of the tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drug drop are most likely the treatment programs that aid an estimated 200,000 teenage abusers every year. This does not make up for the thousands of rising marijuana and prescription drug addicts, in spite of the fact. Maybe if treatment programs focused on these rising drug addictions, these popular addictions can eventually subside just like the others.