What are the factors that influence the youth to use drugs?

Question

What are the factors that influence the youth to use drugs?

Answer 1

peer pressure and lack of things to do. depression can also be a cause. If their parents use drugs it's easy for them to pick up the habit.

Answer 2

Not to be repetitive but peer pressure is definitely a factor in youth drug use  In addition to peer pressure the stress of life may also cause teens to use drugs. In any case, parents need to start getting involved.

Answer 3

television and kids at school and parents who have no time to love them and hug them and teach them anything....they use drugs to fit in with others because they are insecure about themselves and need to be in groups (gangs)..or they learn from watching their parents

Answer 4

harmones

Answer 5

boredom, hormonal factors, peer influence, having positive experiences after using them

Answer 6

Peer pressure and most of them do it becasue they think its "cool"

Answer 7

No. 1 is boredom

No. 2 Peer pressure

No. 3 might have something to do with bucking the system

Answer 8

peer pressure, parents, stress, because they want to- curiosity, they think it's cool,

Answer 9

its nothing!!! god if a kid wants to smoke pot od do drugs or whatever, it could just be cuz they wanted to! is it sooo strande that someone might want to get high for once? it might be just like with every other action we take, we want to!!!!