In modern society many people live off of prescription drugs and many more take them for no other reason but to have a good time. In Brave New World the most popular form of pleasure is a drug called soma, which is the only for anyone to believe they are experiencing real feelings. Taking soma is the most common recreational activity for the citizens of the world state. However they don’t just take it for recreation but they also take it because their society depends on it to provide stability. As with soma, prescription drugs (where prescribed or otherwise) provide a quick fix for physical or mental problems and/or a way to get high.
Teenage drinking is an important issue in every community and with the ever-changing adolescent population, Cormier has addressed this theme and issue through one of the main characters, Buddy Walker. Impelled by quilt, his parents divorce and by the urging of an immoral classmate (Harry Flowers), Buddy is rapidly becoming an alcoholic. Buddy finds that he needs the liquor to provide his needs, comfort and to escape from reality. ‘Buddy discovered the marvellous methods of booze, the way it soothed and stoked, made hazy the harshness of thing and made him almost – happy’. The technique to show Buddy’s alcoholism is the symbol of his bottle of gin.
Specifically it will discuss the differences in social status (gender, race, SES), open versus closed markets, stigmatization (gender, the anti-targets) and strain theory. After reading both books, the major differences that Door Room Dealers and Cocaine Kids have are more obvious to the audience; even though they may have differences there are many similarities, Cocaine Kids was fairly much easier to read. Cocaine Kids show many stereo types on how the society view drugs and other crimes that relate. Both books interviewed young teenagers in which all the participants were very ambitious and wanted to live life fast. Another difference in Cocaine kids is the teenagers ran there drug markets like a business and became very successful.
Divorce “ Teenagers in Trouble” Stress is basically defined as an applied force to strain a body; a mentally or emotionally upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health. Teenagers now days have had a lot of stress because of a lot of different reasons. However, the main things in my opinion that cause stress for teenagers are peer pressure and more importantly family problems(for example: divorce). Such stresses put teenagers in problems where they make life decisions that can be very risky. Many books were interesting regarding child stress but particularly “The Romance of Risk” by Dr. proton was very amazing.
The most noticeable for moment displaying how serious their drug addictions were was when I witnessed Brenda going through a withdrawal because her body was craving the drug. Seeing her inject drugs into her body is still difficult to process in my mind. Watching Dicky was equally as sad because of the possible career he threw away because of a drug addiction. All three people have very sad stories. Unfortunately Brenda passed away and Boo Boo still supports his drug addiction by stealing.
This has the consequence that many people have to commit crimes and go into prostitution to buy the drugs they depend on. Yet each time they get what they want, they become more and more sick. Although everything for the people in “Brave New World” is great and everyone is happy and uninhibited if they get their lovely soma, they are also often dependent on the drug. Brave New World’s government supports soma to ensure passiveness of its people and thereby the stability of their created world. Alcohol, on the contrary, seems like an illegal drug in the New World because you become an outsider by drinking it, though it is not forbidden by the
Domestic Violence is sickening and while most victims feel they lack the appropriate support to enable them to positively alter their situation, there is always someone to help. The book that I will be speaking about today is called Indigo Blue, by Cathy Cassidy. The genre is drama and realistic fiction because of the violence, and real life situations that could relate to this. I would suggest this book to pre- teens and teenagers. Indigo is a responsible kid, who loves to daydream, with an unstable mother who is sick of putting up with her boyfriend, Max, and his abusive behaviour.
Go Ask Alice In the book Go ask Alice, Alice, the main character is a teenaged female who struggles with peer pressure and popularity and falls to drugs and alcohol abuse. Alice is a typical adolescent whose insecurities about sex, her appearance, her parents, and her social standing are pretty common for people her age. In the book Alice tries to express herself in many entries of varying sizes in her diary, which makes up the book. She tries to find someone who will understand her, someone she can open up to, and dives into the world of drugs in the process. Her drug habit started as an accident however.
Bored Teens More Likely to Drink, Take Drugs Boredom can be a dangerous thing, particularly for impressionable teenagers who are full of energy and looking for things to keep them occupied nearly every waking hour of each day. It should not be very surprising, then, to discover that boredom is a risk factor for alcohol and drug use among teens and young adults. But teens are the only ones for whom boredom can cause problems. Being bored is also a contributing factor to excessive drug and alcohol use among adults, and it is a leading cause of relapse among adults who are recovering addicts. For the most part, though, boredom is a more serious issue for teenagers because they are more likely to find themselves with larger chunks of time in which they have absolutely nothing to do.
As Alyson was taking drug with her boyfriend she started to become an addict. The drugs started to change Alyson’s behavior and she turned from the good responsible girl to the bad one. She dropped out of school and her drug addition started to affect her family because she no longer cared about her family anymore. Alyson’s relationship with her sister also started to decline. Alyson started to argue with her sister more often than before.