Teen addiction

independence
Venture out into the world
To experiment with drugs
Consider these statistics
Average American boy will take his first sip of alcohol when he is__________, while
American girls try a little later by the age of ______
The average teen begins drinking regularly just before turning ____
__________________ or ___________ drugs before the age of ____________ triples their
risk of becoming________________
______________ teenagers in the US are ____________________
To have access to sth
______________________ and ________________ students have been known to abuse
ADHD drugs
They might try steroids to help them___________________
They snag their parents prescription _____________ from the _____________________
because they have heard that you can get high off of them
____________, ________________and other _______________ can impair brain
development and lead to permanent changes in teenage brain.
The younger you are when you start using drugs, the greater your chances of
developing a dependency
Parents need to stay ____________________ in their kids lives and let them know
early on about the ____________ of drug use
To prevent alcohol and drug abuse
Misfit
Run with popular crowd
Have a low self-esteem
In order to look cool
There is a good chance that they will do it too
To keep the lines of communication open
Withdrawal from family and friends
Doing poorly in school
Hostility
To suspect sth
The sooner you can get them help, the better their chances of kicking an
addiction