Teen alcohol and drug use can have serious negative consequences. More than half of youths ages 12-20 have tried alcohol, which can lead to car accidents, alcohol poisoning, and other health issues. Drug use increases the risks of serious drug problems, poor judgment, violence, brain damage, and unsafe sex resulting in teen pregnancy or STDs. Both underage drinking and drug use are associated with academic failure, blackouts, changes in behavior, assaults, and higher risks of suicide or homicide. Teen drug use in particular can cause short-term memory loss, attention problems, and failing grades, increasing the likelihood of dropping out of school.

1. Teen Alcohol & Drug Use

2. Teen Usage of Alcohol
● More than half of American youths at ages 12-20 have tried alcohol.
● Underage drinking is risky and dangerous because it can lead to car
accidents, alcohol poisoning, and other health problems.
● Drug use can direct a lot of more negative consequences including an
increase a risk of serious drug use, poor judgement, poor school work,
violence, brain damage, memory loss, problems at home, loss of friends,
suicide, and unplanned and unsafe sex which may indicate to teen
pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease (STD).
● If you drink at a young age you increase the risk of developing alcohol
problems later in life.

3. How Alcohol Affects the Average Teen
● Usage of alcohol of an adolescent can cause severe brain damage and also
memory loss
● Frequent blackouts
● Change in behavior
● Academic failure
● Hurting another adolescent while intoxicated
● Sexual assault
● Higher risk of homicide or suicide
● Drug use
● Hangovers
● illnesses

4. Teen Drug Use
● In school, a child under the constant influence of any drug,especially
marijuana, can have major negative effects on the brain.
● Short-Term memory loss and attention problems often occur
● It is more likely for a teen who smokes marijuana to have very low or
failing grades.
● The most common outcome of smoking, while in school, is dropping out
because the workload is too difficult.

5. Signs of Drug Abuse in Teens
● Bloodshot eyes
● Sleeplessness
● Anxiety, panic, fear, distrust, paranoia
● Depression
● Aggression
● Increased appetite , also know “munchies”
● Short-term memory loss
● Fatigue

6. How Drugs Affect the Average Teen
● Drugs affect the brain and the body of the average adolescent.
● Drugs affect three parts of the brain
○ The brain system- in charge of all of our body in order to stay alive
○ The limbic system- links together all brain structures
○ The cerebral cortex- the outer part of the brain
● Drugs affect the normal processing of the brain.
● Drugs also limit the teen’s ability to set limits, but makes them become
addicted, and want more drugs.
● When a teen takes drugs, the brain releases chemicals that makes the teen
feel an enormous amount of emotions instantly. People call this chemical
the “happy chemical” because of this outburst of emotions.

7. How Drugs Affect the Average Teen
● 45% of teens die of prescription drugs
● 39% of teens die of street drugs
○ Heroine
○ Marijuana
○ Cocaine, etc…
● Drugs also makes a teen not want to be educated. The
teen would be too caught up with drugs and being
“cool” that they would not want to be educated and
they would suffer in the modern world.
● According to statistics, nonmedical use and “over the
counter drugs” are one of the reasons why so many
teens abuse drugs.
● The more a teen uses marijuana, the more teen’s
attitude changes over time.
● The Positive trends that have been going on in the past
years have reduced the use of drugs.
● Although street drugs are dangerous, more teens have
used prescription drugs than street drugs.
● 50% of high school seniors think that it is ok to try
street drugs such as crack and cocaine.

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