Drugs/Alcohol
Q. What does alcohol have to do with teen pregnancy?
Alcohol
has a lot to do with teen pregnancy. At times teens will go to parties and
drink. When they go to these parties they often do not know when to stop
drinking, like some adults do. So they go over their bodies' alcohol immunity
levels and become drunk. Common tendencies of getting drunk are confusion,
forgetting where you are, memory loss, passing out, puking, and different
feelings (such as people wanting to have sex or thinking someone is good looking
and they usually wouldn't think that), it can also cause temporary amnesia.
Drunken teens often do not realize what they are doing and they start having sex
without really thinking about it, or using any anti-pregnancy devices.
Q. What do drugs have to do with teen pregnancy?
A.
There are a few ways drugs have to do with teen pregnancy. As a suggestion more
and more teens today are starting to get into marijuana, which makes students
drowsy, lose there senses of good judgment, and give them a sense of
"freedom and happiness", as quoted by an unnamed marijuana user. It
also causes people to have strong feelings like lust for others that they
usually wouldn't like at all. This causes them to have sex and usually they end
up pregnant. There is also a drug called Rohypnol, which is known as the
"date rape drug". This is used as a sleeping pill and can knock people
out for 6-8 hrs. This is used at party's etc. What this does is cause the person
who has been given the pill to become knocked out and often what happens is
someone will take advantage of the knocked out person and have sex with them.
This often ends up with the girl pregnant.
Q. How many teens are into marijuana?
A.
In a recent survey in the United States only 1/5th of the grade 10 that took the
test say they are using the drug (in Alabama). The truth is 1 in every 4 teens
are currently using marijuana in Alabama.
Q. What are the usual drugs that teens use?
A.
Teens usually use marijuana, rohipnol (the date rape drug), speed, and cocaine.
Q. What alcoholic beverages to teens use?
A.
Teens usually use such alcoholic beverages as beer, wine, and Champaign.
Q. What situations are teens in when they start drinking/doing drugs/having sex?
A.
The many situations teens are in when they start having sex/doing drugs/drinking
are these: being at a party and being forced to drink/do drugs/or have sex
because of pier pressure. They are also in such situations as they are full of
stress and are told these things relieve it.
Q. Where do teens usually do drugs/drink alcohol/have sex?
A.
Teens usually have sex, drink alcohol and do drugs are at parties or on their
own or with a small group because they are stressed or are pressured into it.
Q. What do parents say about their children doing drugs/drinking/having sex?
A.
Most parents do not approve of their children doing drugs. Some even kick their
children out of the house (12% of Canadian parents). But there are the rare
parents that do not care (22% of Canadian parents). The other 66% of parents
either disapprove or have no comment.