Drugs Target Teens

As teen drug abuse becomes more widespread and drug dealing becomes a pretty profitable business, drug dealers have started using methods to lure younger and younger kids into drug abuse and addiction. One of the ways that drug dealers have been targeting younger users is by creating a cheap drug that appeals to kids and teens. A good example of this strategy is a drug called Cheese.

Cheese is made by combining heroin with crushed cold medicine tablets, and because it contains heroin, can result in addiction. Some dealers even add strawberry of grape flavoring to the cheese so that kids will be more likely to use it. Cheese is also very inexpensive, and it seems pretty harmless, so it appeals to kids and teens who don’t have a lot of money, but want to experiment with drugs.

It might seem like Cheese is harmless because there’s not a lot of heroin in it, it’s cheap, and it tastes good, but it can result in teen drug addiction and even death. In Dallas, 21 kids and teens have died from an overdose after using cheese. Cheese is dangerous because a lot of the time kids think that they are getting a low dose of heroin, but most dealers don’t closely monitor the amount of heroin in each dose of cheese and some doses have a much higher amount of heroin. When this happens, the potential for overdose and death are much higher. It’s practically impossible to know how much heroin is in a single dose of Cheese and that is why it is so dangerous.

The thing that I find most troubling about Cheese is that it specifically targets young teens. By selling to young kids, drug dealers are creating long-term clients. If a kid becomes addicted to drugs when they’re 12, they’re more likely to use drugs through their teen years and into adulthood, and drug dealers are ensuring that they will have a client for a long time.

Cheese is a growing problem that more teens and parents need to be aware of. Teens need to realize that drug dealers aren’t trying to help you, but are only interested in making more money for themselves. It is important to realize that there are negative consequences to any kind of substance abuse. As a teen it is easy to give in to peer pressure and try drugs just because your friends are doing it, but you could be putting your life at risk.

If you think you have a problem with substance abuse, it is important to get help. Don’t let yourself be fooled by drug dealers and other people doing drugs. By doing drugs, you are setting yourself up for addiction and all of the consequences of addiction. Talk to a friend or a parent in order to get help for your addiction or substance abuse problem.

Labels: at-risk-teens, teen-addiction, teen-drug-abuse, teen-drug-help, teen-drug-rehab, teen-rehab, teen-substance-abuse

posted by beth @ 3:18 PM