01/09/2021
QUESTION 3.2
ARE YOU BATTLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS?
Effectively deal with peer pressure and avoid influential friends. Deal with life pressure.Take up exercising , reading and positive hobbies. Examine every risk factor and be aware of the biological, environmental and physical risk factors you possess then you will be more likely to overcome. Keep a well balanced life and look at life's bigger picture and prioritize.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF PEER PRESSURE?
Adolescents may end up in rehabilitation centers. This pressure may be very toxic and very difficult to resist.
Peers may give reasons that are hard to argue against and adolescents may be pressured to feel "uncool" if they don't agree to what others do. These may include breaking the rules like shoplifting and abusing illegal substances.
Teens may do something they are uncomfortable with for fear of being alienated.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PROFESSIONALLY ASSISTED? Then visit the following organisations :
Visit the NIH ( National Institutes on Health)
SAMHSA ( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
NIDA ( National Institute on Drug Abuse)
