Parents and other family members do not realize the damage they can do, and how they can effect their relatives. Family has the power to make people feel the need for drugs. I recently had a friend return to a detoxification program for heroin addiction. She was addicted to heroin for years, but went to rehabilitation and was clean for over ten months. Her family had been pressing her and felt she was still using drugs, even though she was clean. Due to the pressure from her parents, she used heroin again about a week ago for

There are many causes of drug use. Some of the ones I mentioned are the more common reasons. I know this from the experience with my friend, and some of her friends, as to why they started, or why they chose to try drugs.

The effects of drug use are numerous. Addiction, sickness, and death, are just some effects which drug use can have on a person. Those effects are only physical. There are also emotional and mental effects of drug use.

Pressure from one's peers can cause a person to use drugs. If a teenager is at a party and there is marijuana around, they may feel they need to smoke the marijuana to be accepted. If everyone at the party is smoking, the teen may think he or she will be criticized or ridiculed if they do not smoke with the other attendants of the party.

There are many people who live a life that is painful

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