Effects of Drug Abuse on Teen Health: London, UK Analysis

This research proposal investigates the effects of drug abuse on the health of teenagers in London, UK. The introduction highlights the prevalence of drug abuse among 13-19 year olds and its impact on mental and physical health. The literature review explores how drug abuse affects brain development, memory, and overall health, including social, professional, and physical risks. It also discusses the government's role in addressing drug abuse through welfare programs. The aims and objectives focus on analyzing the effects of drugs, related health problems, and associated issues. The research question explores the specific effects of drug abuse on teenagers in London. The methodology section outlines the research approach, emphasizing the use of secondary data collection methods. The sampling and study population are discussed, along with the data collection process, which relies on reviews of various authors. The data analysis involves collecting and transforming the information to discover the required information. The report also includes sections on ethics and references.

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Research Proposal
(Effects of Drug Abuse on the health of teenager)

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Contents
Title of research proposal................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Literature Review............................................................................................................................5
Aims and Objectives........................................................................................................................8
Research Question...........................................................................................................................9
Methodology..................................................................................................................................10
Sampling and Study Population.....................................................................................................11
Data Collection..............................................................................................................................12
Data Analysis.................................................................................................................................13
Ethics.............................................................................................................................................14
References......................................................................................................................................15

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Title of proposal
The title of the proposal is to analyse the effects of drug abuse on the health of teenagers in
London- UK.

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Introduction
This paper includes the proposal based on the research that analyse the effects of drug abuse on
the health of teenagers in the London United Kingdom. This research paper includes a review of
the different authors based on the use of drugs among teenagers and thus provides the proper
information regarding the research topic. The research paper includes the proper methodology
used in the research process. The gathering and analysis of the information used in the research
project. The drugs provide several effects on the health of teenagers. The use of drugs mainly
affects the mental health of the teens and made their mind distracted from study and several other
activities.
Mainly the children age 13 to 19 get affected by the abuse of drugs in London (Turner, et al.,
2015). The anti-oppressive practices are used by the people of London to decrease the bad effects
of drugs among children aged 13 to 19. The research paper described this topic in a brief manner.
Drug abuse includes the specific aspects of the health of teenagers in London. London is very
much affected by the drugs. The description of the research methodology will be included in this
research paper that shows the process of gathering and analysis of information is based on the
particular topic of the research (Taylor, et al., 2015). The secondary research method will be
used in this research that includes the views of the various authors that done the research on the
specific topic.

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Literature Review
According to Tanner-Smith, et al., (2015,) teens are greatly affected by the use of drugs. The
several changes occurred in the brain of the teens as the intake of drugs creates various changes
in the people. The teenager's health is also affected due to the use of drugs. The overall brain
ability of teenagers gets impact by drug abuse as it prevents proper growth for the rest of their
life. The growth of the brain gets affected by substance abuse. It creates problems with memory,
inhibiting the development of perceptual abilities and it causing missed opportunities according
to the period of learning potential. Drinking also affects teens and create many problems in their
life. The taking of alcohol creates a major risk towards physical health and affect their mental
and physical health in a proper manner. Drug abuse affects the overall health of the teenagers
and affects their whole life.
Due to drug abuse, several risks are arising for teens like for social and professional risks and
these risks also create some physical risks that create several consequences in their adulthood.
Substance abuse affects many physiological and biological aspects. This drug abuse mainly
affects the teens of the UK in London (Ryu, et al., 2015). As teenagers in London are much more
involved in these activities and started drug abuse at an early age. This effect occurred due to the
mistakes of their parents as they are busy in their official activities and cannot give attention to
their children. Teenage is a time period where a pre-schooler enters into the social world and this
creates several changes among the physiological and psychological. These drug abuses create
several bad effects among the community as well as the social environment. It is important for
the UK government to take this issue seriously and stop the problems occurred in the life of the
people.
As per Patton, et al., (2014), it has been analyzed that drug abuse increases in teenagers in
London and they were admitted to the hospital due to these drug problems. As drug abuse create
several effects on the health of the children. The parents need to take care of their children in
their teenage as teenagers are more affected due to drug abuse. Along with the parents, the
government also take care by starting several programs related to the welfare of teenagers. In
UK, the government started several programs for the welfare of teenagers and stop drug abuse
among teenagers. The addiction creates many problems among teenagers like depression, mood

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swings, euphoria and many more. The natural ability of their body gets affected by the drug
abuse and the drugs directly affect the brain of the teenagers. As the brain includes several
numbers of nerve cells and these cells get impacted by the addiction of drugs.
According to the Mukavetz, et al., (2014), the teenagers affected their mental as well as physical
health in a large manner and also impact their behavior in social life. The long-term diseases
created among teenagers due to drug abuse include several diseases, cancer, mental illness,
HIV/AIDS and many more. The survey conducted in the UK shows the number of teens that
intake the drugs as it has been analyzed that teens of the UK are more as compared to other
countries. The main impact of drug abuse on teens is analyzed by changing their behavior as they
perform different activities. The teens are greater affected as compared to adults as their mental
stability is not proper at this age. Mainly, the mental health of people gets more affected as
compared to physical health. They feel depressed after starting drug abuse.
The serious effects are created among children due to the addiction and this creates many health
effects and also creates several negative consequences. Teens who abuse drugs need to face
several other problems in their later life and have permanent damage to the brain. There are
several other problems that occurred due to the drug abuse that includes emotional problems,
addiction and dependence, behavioral problems, learning problems, diseases, brain damage, and
accidents. The emotional problems that occurred by drug abuse include anxiety, depression,
suicidal thoughts, and depression. The major depression is occurred among teens due to these
abusing drugs. The social problems are also increased due to the abusing of drugs (McCarthy,
2014).
The teens who use drug-abusing are majorly involved in violent activities and fighting as
compared to the other teens who not abuse drugs. The other major problems related to addiction
and dependence as this create substance abuse problems among young people (Bauer, 2014).
Drug abuses create memory problems so the learning of the teens gets affected in a large manner.
Several diseases are created in teenagers while abusing drugs. The brain of the teens gets
affected by the intake of drugs as the drugs directly impact the brain of the people. Drug abuse
affects overall nervous problems in teenagers.

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The teenagers who abuse drugs create many accidents mainly car accidents that cause several
injuries and even death. The UK government needs to decrease drug abuse among teenagers by
creating several laws and by undertaking several other welfare programs that create positive
consequences among teenagers (McCarthy, 2014). As it is important to give them the drug
treatment so they cannot destroy their later life due to these drug abusing habits. As these
problems faced by many countries but UK teens are much more involved in these drug abusing
activities as their parents are also involved in their working activities and do not take care of the
children in a proper manner (Almandil, et al., 2013).

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Aims and Objectives
The aim of the proposal is to analyse the effects of drug abuse among teenagers in the UK.
The objectives of the research are described below-
 To analyse the effects of drugs among teenagers
 To analyse the health problems created among teenagers due to the effects of drugs
 To analyse the several issues created due to the drug-abusing among teenagers.
 To determine the diseases that occurred in teenagers due to drug-abusing activities.

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Research Question
The research question based on the proposal are discussed below-
Q1. What are the effects of drug abuse in the teenagers of UK, London?

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Methodology
The methodology is an essential part of the research assessment. The research methodology
includes the various types of methods used to carry out the research in a successful manner. This
part of the assessment includes the various types of methods that are used to analyze the topic of
the research. It includes the specific procedures and techniques used to identify the information
regarding a particular topic of the overall assessment (Mackey and Gass, 2015). The
methodology section allows the reader to analyze the validity and reliability of the study. The
various approaches are used in the research method design.
The methodology process is used to analyze the data collection and data analysis to give several
results of the research. The data method includes qualitative and quantitative methods that show
the gathering and analysis of the information process and provide the results of the research
assessment. The qualitative method includes the secondary method of data collection and the
qualitative method includes the primary method of collection. The calculations are included in
the primary data analysis that gives valid results based on the project.
The secondary method of data collection that includes the description of the topic based on
several reviews of authors. The valid results can be analysed based on the assessment as per the
related to topic of the research.

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Sampling and Study Population
The sampling study and data population is important in the research project as it includes the
number of responses used in the research project. The sample includes a group of people used to
measure some aspects related to the particular assessment (Kostewicz, et al., 2016). The sample
includes the people that ensure the several findings of the research.
The sampling is also having different types that are systematic sampling and simple random
sampling. The sampling all depends on the responses taken by the respondents in the primary
method of research. This process is not used in the second method of research. Sampling is
important for getting valid results based on the research project. The sample of respondents is
selected in this process of sampling.

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Data Collection
The collecting of information is one of the important methods of the overall research assessment.
By the method of data collection, the different data has been collected depends on the research
project. There are different types of data collection that are used to collecting data related to the
particular process of the research (Choate, 2015). The two-process of collecting information are
mainly used in the research assessment that is the primary method of data and a secondary
method of data collection. Both methods are valid and important in the research (Kerr, et al.,
2014).
The primary data collection method includes questionnaires, interviews, and surveys collected by
random people and review their data for proper validity. The other method is a secondary method
of data collection in which data collected is based on the different reviews of authors on the
particular topic of the research (Kalant, 2010). This assessment adopted the secondary method of
data collection as this method provides valid results based on the effects of drug abuse among the
teenagers of the UK. Data collection is the process of measuring and gathering the information to
get better outcomes and results of the research assessment. This process of data collection
includes several issues that need to be managed in a proper manner.