Effects of use of drugs on children and teenagers

Effects of use of drugs on children and
teenagers

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
Overview of Study...................................................................................................................................3
Background of the study..........................................................................................................................3
Research problem and justification..........................................................................................................4
Importance and need of the study............................................................................................................4
Aim..........................................................................................................................................................4
Objectives................................................................................................................................................5
Questions.................................................................................................................................................5
Hypothesis...............................................................................................................................................6
LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................................................................7
Factors associated with drugs usage of drugs addiction...........................................................................7
Effects of drug usage on children and teenagers......................................................................................9
Impacts of increasing rate of drug usage by children on the society and family....................................11
Some ways to prevent children against drugs usage..............................................................................13
METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................................................15
Sources..................................................................................................................................................15
Search parameters..................................................................................................................................16
Inclusion Criteria...................................................................................................................................16
Exclusion Criteria..................................................................................................................................17
Sample design........................................................................................................................................17
DATA ANALYSIS...................................................................................................................................19
OUTCOMES.............................................................................................................................................34
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................37
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................38

TITLE: Effects of use of drugs on children and teenagers.
INTRODUCTION
Overview of Study
Drug is substance that causes change in the psychology and physiology when it
consumed. It is distinguished from the substances as well as food that give the nutritional
support. The drug consumption can be through injection, smoking, absorption and the inhalation.
The drug abuse can impact ability of brain to function in short term and also prevent the growth
for later. Drug misuse impacts the growth of teenager brains through messing with neurons and
destroying brain connections. If a teenager uses drugs to feel relaxed, this interferes with innate
capacity of body to do just that. The effects of medical drugs on the brain are like this: the brain
consists of billions of nerve cells. There was a mistake. Medicines flood the body with
dopamine, that is, it sends so many "feel good" messages to the recompense network (Achar and
et. al., 2017). On the other hand, Mental and also physical wellbeing are impaired by this use of
drugs. The life expectancy of teenagers and children in UK is rising. It is therefore necessary, in
order to keep the people and children healthy to avoid them and enhance their safety. This can be
said that this affects not only kids who use drugs as well as the public, the society, their families
and friends. In 2016, almost one-fifth (18%) of students indicated that they took drug during the
past year. highest rate of drugs diagnostic testing in England and Wales is comparable to decade
earlier; nearly one out of 10 adults between 16-59 years of age are reported in general population
surveys in England or Wales. Between 2008/09 and 2014/15, illegal drug usage declined in
Scotland last year (Aldenkamp and et. al., 2016). As per national survey, secondary school
children in England now have a higher probation for drugs than smoking. The NHS Digital
statistics found that 24 percent of 11-15-year-olds had at least once in a lifetime tried recreational
drugs.
Background of the study
A teenager undergoes physiological and behavioral changes throughout adolescence.
Besides physical changes, the brain of the young learns strategies to function efficiently. One
way to do this is to remove unnecessary neurons and connections within various parts of brain.
An adult brain can become more concentrated and productive with this form of mental tapping.

Teenagers are essential to a healthy brain performance as either an adult, so a strict standard of
good behavior throughout these years is critical. Substance addiction may have a short-term
effect on brain development and inhibit proper development and expansion. Also when still in
womb, children can experience physical impacts of substance use as well as addiction (Allen and
et. al., 2017). It involves psychoactive drugs like cocaine, alcohol, cannabis and heroin that
affect the organ as result of slowed womb behavior and mental impairment and underdeveloped
cognition skills. People may emotionally stimulate or damp other people. The behavior or
behavioral changes triggered through drugs result from changes in brain. On the other hand,
Statistics on drug fatalities are more disturbing and alarming overdoses have been growing even
more rapidly than usage since 2012. Government must recognize that penal enforcement has
proven costly and ineffective, and has been re-oriented to pragmatic approaches to wellbeing and
harm reduction (Carliner and et. al., 2016).
Research problem and justification
The aim behind conducting present investigation is to examine the impact of drug on
physical as well as the mental conditions of children and teenagers. In this research, there has
been problem examined regarding the impact of the usage of drug on the children as well as
teenagers health. From conducting the researcher, an investigator can know about the effective
ways to prevent the teenagers and children from usage of the drugs and also save their life so that
they can live in a better manner. Other than this, from performing present research, abilities and
the analytical skills can be enhanced of a researcher in a better as well as effective way (Chadi,
Bagley and Hadland, 2018).
Importance and need of the study
The research on identification of drug use impacts plays a major role since this helps
researchers and everyone to know drug-related factors. One of major factors that will allow
people can keep their children and teenagers from this is education. The use of medications has
many adverse effects. Thus, this study will recognize approaches and ways that can allow
children to live their normal lives (Cipriani and et. al., 2016).
Aim
The whole study development is systematic process determined through
investigation aim. As most important aspect of study, an investigator helps to determine the

results of test. Aim is defined as default statement that includes a problem statement as a succinct
or clearly defined expression. This makes possible for the researcher to guide the whole project
correctly to possible results. The significant thesis section could also be defined as, since each
operation is based on study target. It is allowing the researcher and guidance in right direction
(Cohen and et. al., 2016).
The aim of research is “To identify effects which drugs usages have on children and
teenagers. A case study on the UK.”
Objectives
Research objectives allow the researcher to summarize the findings of study. This is more
essential and important because this investigator can examine problem and its solutions by using
it. In addition, defined research objectives are more important in order to find truthful and
reliable solutions. It reflects the analysis based and better outcomes obtained by a researcher
(Cooper and et. al., 2017). The formulation of research-related goals helps to reduce the study
activities to their importance, unnecessary and precise results will be avoided, which would
otherwise lead to waste of resources. Different kinds of variables, for example dependency and
independence, are the study objective. When performing each research activity within a given
period of time, both variables are significant. The objectives of research are seen as an integral
component of research that helps researchers to consider both individual and organizational
impacts and problems. The study purpose is important and meaningful in order to understand the
problems created by the analysis (Cooper and et. al., 2017). They are usually articulated in lay
type and researcher contributes.
 To identify factors associated with drugs usage of drugs addiction.
 To evaluate effects of drug usage on children and teenagers.
 To identify impacts of increasing rate of drug usage by children on the society and
family.
 To explore some ways to prevent children against drugs usage.
Questions
It is an appropriate and key area of research that is essential for researcher to respond more
specifically to all questions. It is an important and basic source of study or analysis of literature.

This is necessary and relevant to support a researcher consistently and effectively achieve all
study goals. Therefore, it is important for businesses to determine the effects which drugs usage
have on children and teenagers (Cortese and et. al., 2018).
 Which factors are related with the usage of drugs to children?
 In which manner, use of drug impact on teenagers and children
 What is the impact of increasing rate of drug usage by children on the society and family?
 What are the different ways used to prevent the children against the usage of drug?
Hypothesis
A hypothesis for research is observable, transparent and precise assertion and prediction
of future outcomes from a field of analysis. Moreover, this is timely statement about relationship
among two or more research variables. There are two variables in each research subject, one
dependent and the other independent. The research will investigate theory of support or impact
for hypotheses in research that show that the effects which drugs usage have on children and
teenagers (McCabe, S. E. and et. al., 2017).
In this sense, some scholars claim that medication is among the safest methods for
children and teenagers to use drugs, as in therapy, counselors seek to explain their habits. In
other words, counseling is necessary in order to prevent children from substance use and injuries.
Care interventions and counseling cannot work to an extent to prevent children and
the teenagers from using drugs. On the basis of some authors that children
and teenagers are addicted to medicines are not able to help with drugs and counseling. Since
children don't want to go to a counselor and when they go there, they find it tough to cope with
them (Crystal and et. al., 2017).

LITERATURE REVIEW
The detailed analysis of previous explorations of a topic is literature review. It looks at
scholarly books, papers and other sources related to a particular field of research. The whole past
examination should be specified, presented, concluded, evaluated without prejudice and
explained. This should give examination questions and help researcher decide on idea of
research. The literature review acknowledges that past analysts have created, and thus ensures
that researchers have effectively conceived it. This section ultimately strengthens the researchers'
awareness of the individuals selected on Effects of use of drugs on children and teenagers.
Researchers find the literature review as a significant function in promoting secondary
knowledge collection from different sources, including journals, magazines, publishing work etc.
Both of these tools are valuable and are ideally required for researchers to collect reliable or
secondary information. The primary goal or motivation for the literature review is to provide
information that is incomplete or inadequate easily (Ray and et. al., 2016).
Factors associated with drugs usage of drugs addiction
As per opinion of Victoria Berman (2020) Drug addiction is illness that causes brain
damage and behavior of a person and allows them to not regulate their use of legally or illicit
drugs. Drug addiction is often called a drug use disorder. Drugs are also known to be additives
like tobacco, marijuana and caffeine. If a person is addicted, given the damage it causes, it will
continue using drug. Drug dependence can begin in social contexts with the experimental usage
psychoactive substance and is growing for some. In some, particularly drugs, drug addiction
starts from presence of a friend or family who has been prescribed substance or receives drugs.
Children and Youngsters have various forms of behavior, problems solving and decision-making
in contrast to adults. In teenagers and the children, some of the changes occur in brain that varies
from one brain cell to other (Fishbein and et. al. 2016). Children are likely to also be dangerous
than adults, because the brain and the reward system are more active in the limbic system. The
brain cannot distinguish the difference between right and wrong, and this is why teenagers
sometimes commit crimes and are more likely to develop bad habits as bad habits initially offer a
feeling but end. Half of the all current pharmaceutical users under 18.The most significant
element in use of adolescent drugs is experimentation. Experiments also are part of life and it