Increased illicit drug abuse among the teenagers is one of the growing concerns in USA today. Teens are more likely to get exposed to drugs and alcohol and are more vulnerable to try these harmful substances. Often, teens think that they will try drugs only for once, but many of them experiment with these drugs of abuse for longer periods and get addicted. Teenage drinking or illicit drug abuse causes morbidity and mortality, both during adolescence as well as later in their life.

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A person addicted to drug often look at his/her friends and family members as aliens. Drug addiction affects the abuser surroundings and put up a shutter to the relations. Dealing and understanding of the drug addicted person by the family members seem to be very difficult. It is the situation where the friends and family members should cope up with the addicted individual. The main decisive factors that affect the family by the abuser are isolation and economic loss. (more…)