Drug Use and Delinquency Response

According to the article entitled, "Substance use among juvenile offenders", it is suggested that juveniles are led to use drugs by watching their parental figures use in their homes (Stenmark, 1974). I agree with this assessment because children are taught the essentials at home by and through parental figures and if the parental figures are using drugs and alcohol then in turn it will increase the child's risk of using as well. Drug use affects juveniles in many ways. According to author Giovanna Breu, in an article published in People Weekly magazine, they become listless and their schoolwork gores downhill. The article goes on to state that juveniles who use alcohol or drugs tend to become dishonest, like adult alcoholics or addicts (Breu, 1989).

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