These rules also take control out of the parents hands and into the school systems. ... During my junior, year the school adopted a policy that anyone involved in clubs or sports was to be severely punished if caught using drugs or alcohol. ... At some point everyone must make their own choices so why not let them learn how to do it in a controlled environment. ... Only the rest of the people know their limitations because they were allowed to experiment in a controlled environment. ... I keep talking about controlled environments and some may be confused about what I mean. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The influences of drugs and peer pressures within gangs have impaired good judgment. Kreiner believes that drug use by teens "can result in greater violence at school. ... The affects of rampant drug use and the culture of gang behavior in our schools have led to some increases in violent acts. ... The American Psychological Association (2002) concluded in their study of violent behavior that people who act violently have trouble controlling their feelings. ... A few students turn to drugs or gangs for comfort and acceptance. ...

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The kids mention how abusive, controlling, over whelming, thoughtless, and hard their parents can be on them. ... " This is a simple but often forgotten form of peer pressure, since most people think of peer pressure as having to do with drugs and alcohol. ... High schoolers have pressure from people all around them; friends wanting them to like or dislike whoever they do, parents wanting them to do better and be more like them, acquaintances who want them to try the coolest new drug. ... This isn't peer pressure, it's the simple fact the prefrontal cortex of the teen brain that...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

How can the lure of drugs and money be overcome? The lure of drugs and money can be overcome by showing students that drugs can be very bad and that a craving for money can lead a student to steal or anything else to get money, thus ruining their high-school career if they are caught breaking the laws. ... The lure of drugs and money could also be overcome by teaching children, at a young age, good Christian morals. ... The parents should also teach that money is not everything and that drugs cannot make you escape from reality and problems. ... If teens are running around at nights, t...

• Word Count: 1890
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Schools that are overcrowded, and have a large number of students tend to have a harder time keeping things under control. ... Being involved gives students something to do, and keeps them away from violence, drugs, and crime. ... Many schools also added either professional security guards or a police officer to help cut down on the violence, crime, and drug use within the school. ...

• Word Count: 2370
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These friends spoil students innocent minds by introducuing them to drugs, gangs, and unsafe sex. One consequence after getting involved in drugs and gangs are like being kicked out of school. Why should the schools kick out the students for drug related charges instead there should be a separate section to deal with such students? ...

• Word Count: 2347
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Elementary and middle school had me thinking I was that awkward kid but when I finally made it to high school, I began to understand how communication with others really works and how to control it. ... One student said to me, "Did you know that John does drugs and sneaks out on the weekends and has sex with girls all the time?... I demonstrated bad conversational knowledge because I wasn't aware of the new ways that middle school had changed in my area and that drugs of that kind were even available around my town. ...

• Word Count: 1491
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

H.S is a ticking time bomb where violence rules, drugs are rampant, and students threaten other students who want to learn. ... What are the school officials waiting for, the violence in the public schools are getting out of control, and in today's society we have to wait for a Columbine incident to happen before our elected officials take any kind of action. ...

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Since the Sandy Hook shooting; it is said in the article "Does American Really Need More Cops in Schools" "The Obama administration wants stiffer gun control, and $150 million to help schools hire up to 1,000 more on-campus police or counselors, or purchase security technology. ... The police should only be brought to school grounds if it has anything to do with drugs and alcohol. ...

• Word Count: 2045
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By her sophomore year of high school she had already attempted suicide multiple times, experimented with illegal drug substances, and was prescribed multiple different types of anti-depressants that a normal fifteen-year old child should not have to take. Always being dictated and controlled by her parents, it really hurt me as a friend knowing that I could not do anything to help Katherine because everything was all based on the way she was raised. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Youths who grow up in poor households many times live in a cramped society where crime and drugs are ramped, their parents are more concerned with putting food on the table then the children's education, and many of the parents are uneducated themselves. ... Adults help direct the children but the goal is to allow children to share control and develop relationships with the other children. ...

• Word Count: 1656
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I thought she would say something like keeping the child under control and dealing with their attitude. ... He also said that some other difficult things are deciding not to smoke, do drugs, have sex, etc. ...

• Word Count: 1708
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

An unspoken, but very real, hierarchy formed with athletes and preppy rich kids at the top, virtually everyone else in the middle and a bottom group made up of drug users, nerds, and outcasts. ... School papers and video tapes made for class demonstrate Klebold's fascination with violence and its ability to control others (Larkin, 142). ... The issue of gun control was reopened with one side saying that more guns on campus would have stopped the offenders and others saying that they shouldn't have had access to weapons in the first place. ​...

• Word Count: 1924
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate