Anti-Drug Use

Reasons why teens use drugs

• To cope, life can be stressful and drugs relieve stress
• Family dysfunction, drugs might make you feel better when your at home life is off
• Abuse, even if it is emotinoal abuse you want to find something to take your mind off it and because of the effects of certian drugs they help to do so.

Reasons why teens use drugs

• Poor self image, not seeing yourself the way you want to may make you think that finding something to alter how you see yourself is a good option
• Peer pressure, because everyoe else around you is doing it you may feel the need to do it to fit in or someone else will try and convince you to do so

Alternatives

• To cope you can pick up a hobby like drawing where you can draw how you are feeling which is also another better healtheir way to cope.
• Talking to people like a councler outside of school to find different ways to help with your at home life
• Talk to counclers and abuse helps lines to find ways to get away from the situation and to find a safer place to be

Alternatives

• Pick up things like exersising and staying away from images from the media that might alter your image on what your body should look like
• Learning to say no to people will help you in the long run along with surronding yourself with people who make the right choices would be better and healtheir for you as a person.