Question

As the secretary of the Anti-Narcotics Club in your school, you decide to write an
article on the dangers of drug abuse to make aware of this growing menace unong
schoolmates. Prepare the article to be published in your school magazine​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

SCHOOL, COLLEGE

SCHOOL

Gilbert J. Botvin

Kenneth W. Griffin

COLLEGE

Leigh Z. Gilchrist

SCHOOL

Drug and alcohol abuse are important problems that affect school-age youth at earlier ages than in the past. Young people frequently begin to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs during the middle school years, with a smaller number starting during elementary school. By the time students are in high school, rates of substance use are remarkably high. According to national survey data, about one in three twelfth graders reports being drunk or binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks in a row) in the past thirty days; furthermore, almost half of high school students report ever using marijuana and more than one-fourth report using marijuana in the past thirty days. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug among high school students. However, use of the drug ecstasy (MDMA) has seen a sharp increase among American teenagers at the end of the twentieth century, from 6 percent in 1996 up to 11 percent reporting having tried ecstasy in 2000. Indeed, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, ecstasy was used by more American teenagers than cocaine.

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