Is it possible to prevent teenagers from using drugs?
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In this essay I am going to argue that, it is not possible to prevent teenagers or school pupils using drugs. Drugs are an intensifying problem in Northern Ireland today. Teenagers of every race, colour and religion are being persuaded to try, take or buy drugs. Drugs are becoming more popular among adolescent society; we have to consider if we do not stop drug use among teenagers, what will the long-term effects holds for them? I feel school pupils take drugs in order to feel a sense of identity and respect; peer pressure is the primary factor in drug use. Drug users encourage friends to purchase or try drugs. This then leads to security of being part of the crowd, if they don't like taking drugs they still feel the pressure to impress their friends. Sixteen thousand pupils were questioned and a scarcely seventy two percent thought that cannabis use...

