Drug abuse in adolescents IndexI.) Introduction ................................. ... ................. 1II.) Literature review .................... .... ......... 2A) Source 1 ................................. ... .......... 2B) Source 2 ................................. .. ........... 2C) Source 3 ................................. . .......... 3D) Source 4 ................................. .. ........... 3E) Source 5 ................................. . ............ 3III.) Methodology ................................ ............... 4IV.) Results of the information collected ................................ .... 4A) Source 1................................. 4B) Source 2.... ............................................ 5C) Source 3.. ................................................ 5D) Source 4 ............................................ 6E) Source 5.. .......................................... 6V.) Summary and conclusion.. ................................ 6ReferencesI.) Introduction :"Crack, alcohol, weed, crystals: from the city center to the suburbs right down to small towns, the world of teenagers is permeated by drugs. When “a little harmless experimentation” becomes addictive, parents, teachers and doctors are often perplexed. For this age group (roughly ages 13 to 23), traditional substance abuse programs are simply not enough" (Nowinski, inside cover). Today's society offers adolescents many challenges that our parents have never had to deal with. Premarital sex and pregnancy, alcohol abuse, and drug addiction have always existed, but they have never been as available to teenagers as they are now themselves with more and more single-parent families. The problem of drugs and alcohol is one of the most important the need to drink and take drugs to fit in with peer groups. The problem is widespread: the common belief that drugs are only in cities where poor people live, but this is wrong of Texas and Nebraska. There is a great need for adults to step in and stop the problem at its inception, teenagers for disaster.II.) Literature Review: A Source 1: The first piece of literature I used was a book written by Dr. Joseph Nowinski titled Substance Abuse in Adolescents & Young Adults. It was written at Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute in 1990. The book described Dr. Nowinski's study of adolescents addicted to drugs and alcohol. He goes on to explain the need to develop treatment plans for adolescents because conventional plans do not work on this age group. B) Source 2: The second source I used was a newspaper article titled “Prevalence of Substance Abuse in a Rural Adolescent Population. " It was written by WadeSilverman. This article was published in the Journal of Adolescent ChemicalDependency in 1991. This article presents the results of a survey conducted in the rural school system to evaluate prevalence rates of substance use and related substances.