[Re] Teenagers.

    Adolescents experience feelings they will only feel for this period of time in their life. They have the unnecessary desire to rebel against the norm and doing illegal things such as drugs and drinking under aged may fuel their excitement. Perhaps they feel that “excitement” is “living the life” or “trendy” or “cool”. Lina brings up a good point once people start partying too hard and these things begin to define who they are.

However, once people begin to depend on drugs and alcohol, especially at this age, that's when I feel like it's become a problem. Why do we do this?

We are bored. That's one source of it. Plain and simple.

We are also trying to escape. We're all trying to get away from whatever is going on with our lives.

Recently in current life class, we finished the adolescence unit of the class. I’m sure many people have been aware of the stages of adolescence but was not fully aware of it. Peer pressure seems to be the most influential force that drives adolescents to do drugs or drink under aged. It seems rather immature that they are inducing themselves to be under the influence and demanding independence at the same time. How can parents trust their kids with independence if they drink and do drugs unsupervised and irresponsibly? Some people that are resistant to this particular peer pressure are often called uptight because they will not loosen up. It’s amazing how drugs and alcohol can dramatically change a person.