It is at teenage that kids are more interested to try new things such as illicit drugs. Though they experiment with drugs for fun or for any other reason, certain risk factors are considered to increase a person's chances of drug abuse. These risk factors may vary from person to person. They also differ with the age of the individual. For instance, risk factors for teens are different from those of middle aged and older adults.
The risk factors also differ with the domain. At individual domain, teens are prone to early aggressive behavior which may influence them to get addicted to illicit drugs. With immature development of brain at adolescent age, kids are often more aggressive, irritated, emotional and even lack proper judgment skills. Therefore, kids at this stage are more vulnerable to drub abuse and addiction.
Lack of parental supervision at the family level is the other risk factor rising teen drug abuse. It is the duty of parents to check the health and behavior of the kids. Special rules should be implemented to control the drug use. Otherwise, they get trapped into the deadly habit and suffer from unwanted and dangerous consequences in personal, professional as well as social life. Even at schools, they face peer pressure and this is the most common risk factor contributing to teen drug abuse. Apart from the individual, family, peer and school contexts, poverty at community level makes some kids prone to illicit drug use. Under poverty, they feel more stressed with financial conditions and get influenced to start abusing drugs.
Kids can be affected with these risk factors at any stage of their life. Also, these effects can be stopped or avoided by means of timely intervention. But, remember that the risk factors may not make the person addicted. However, be careful to avoid your kids being susceptible to these risk factors.
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