Adolescent Drug Abuse

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"Since the 1950s, substance abuse in the American population has been on the rise. In the 1950s, many Americans began to seek chemical solutions to feelings of stress and anxiety and turned toward tranquilizers as the answer to an increasingly complex world. Many children growing up during this time saw their parents opt for a drug solution to life's problems, and in the 1960s many turned toward marihuana, LSD, and various other concoctions which provided a momentary release from reality. As the drug culture grew and blossomed, it became clear that the problem was inching its way into the American school system itself.

In fact, studies have shown that to many, "if you were really down on what older people had done to the planet, [drugs] could elevate your mood. The main idea was to experience something; usually something other than the hopeless world created by those over ... "

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