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Annotated Bibliography: Teenagers Drug Abuse

Cachanosky, Ivan, Vannia J. Zelaya, and Walter E. Block. "Drug Legalization: Rescuing Central
America From The Claws Of Crime." Journal Jurisprudence 21.1 (2014): 9-25. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

At the current rate, addiction will only become an issue of greater magnitude. Between
250 and 350 tons of cocaine was trafficked through Guatemala in 2008, which was three
times greater than the amount trafficked through both Mexico and the Caribbean
combined15. This is a stark contrast to 10 years prior, when the entire Central America
combined trafficked less cocaine than both Mexico and the Caribbean. What is worse,
the drug trade has only risen in the region since then. Due to this drastic jump,
Guatemala now faces an increase in corruption within its prisons and its government,
which have both been infiltrated by the drug trade mafia.Socioeconomic ills as such are
also faced by the rest of Central American countries.
The plague of institutional corruption feeds on the very illegality of the drug trade. As
drug dealers are threatened because their business is illegal, they vie to avoid the
obstacles of the trade.

Harry Henderson - Facts On File - 2005

Drug Abuse is becoming a war in many parts of the world because many people make using
drugs one of their main priorities which leads them to raise many questions of their behavior
towards the drug. Many think drug abuse is only with the main drugs like Marijuana,

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Cocaine, etc but many drugs are abused not in search of pleasure or oblivion but in quest of a
winning edge in athletic performance. Some drugs, such as amphetamines, cocaine, and even
caffeine, provide a short-term stimulant boost that can increase performance. Drugs like
anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (HGH), are subtler and harder to detect even
though are highly use through out the country by mainly athletes but others too. Steroids are
sometimes use for medical reasons but mainly use illegally.

LARSEN, ELIZABETH FOY. "GOOD TEENS TURNED DRUG ADDICTS. (Cover Story)."
Scholastic Choices 32.2 (2014): 4. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Drug abuse can lead too many more problems besides just abusing the drugs. In the article
GOOD TEENS TURNED DRUG ADDICTS is living proof that even though drugs are a
major conflict on the streets of America, it leads to more conflicts when you start consuming
& abusing the drugs. Drugs alone create many conflicts the same exact day you start.

"Drug Abuse and Addiction." : Signs, Symptoms, and Help for Drug Problems & Substance
Abuse. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

Roleff, Tamara L. Drug Abuse: Opposing View. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2005. Print.

Drug abuse is becoming a big deal in the United States. It is getting so terrible that teenagers are
investing a lot of their time into abusing drugs. Drug abuse starting earlier than teenage

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years. Statistics have been most people try their first drug in the 8th grade around age 13 or
14. Which around the time the body is really developing into an adult, with the drug use it is
possible for it to effect your body growth. Drugs of any kind decreases teens ability to pay
attention. The younger a person is when they begin using drugs the more likely they are to
develop a substance-abuse problem and the more likely they are to relapse into drug abuse
when trying to quit. There is nothing positive that comes out of drug abuse.

Roleff, Tamara L. Drug Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2005.
Print

Decreasing use of inhalants and synthetic drugs, including K2/Spice and bath salts, and a general
decline over the last two decades in the use of illicit drugs. However, the survey highlighted
growing concerns over the high rate of e-cigarette use and softening of attitudes around some
types of drug use, particularly decreases in perceived harm and disapproval of marijuana use.

Miller, Jon. Alcohol And Drugs In North America : A Historical Encyclopedia. [N.p.]: ABCCLIO, 2013. eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

A powerful narcotic pain reliever created to treat chronic pain, oxycodone is one prescription
drug that has been much abused throughout North America around the beginning of the 21st
century. Oxycodone is known as Hillbilly Heroin for its popularity in rural areas. In the

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state of New Mexico, overdose deaths by prescription drugs outnumber deaths by illegal
drugs. Prescription drugs are very abuse just as hard drugs. Prescription drugs should not be
use unless prescribed by doctor.