Being popular is a goal that all teenagers want to achieve. There's nothing like sitting at the popular lunch table or knowing all of the football and basketball players. Being popular also means that you have to do all of the things that the popular kids do, like drinking or smoking cigarettes once in a while. Smoking cigarettes and drinking just a little leads

Drug and alcohol abuse could happen at home as well. When young people see their parents do drugs or drink a lot of alcohol because they have problems, they think it is okay. They start to drink or use drugs when they have problems, especially if there is easy access to the liquor cabinet.

The parties that last a whole weekend, because their parents are out of town, are where most of the drinking and drug abuse is going on. Getting drugs and alcohol is very easy. The young people get someone older to buy the alcohol for them, and anyone can find someone to sell them drugs. After going to a party every weekend, they become used to the alcohol and drugs and begin to drink and do more drugs. Then they become addicted.

Drug and alcohol abuse is a serious problem among many young peo

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