With most drug users being in the productive age group of 18-35 years, the loss in terms of human potential is incalculable (Venmadhava, 2013). In the article entitled "Drug Abuse by the Teenagers ", Venumadhava (2013) explores how drug abuse by the teenagers affect the society and their family, the article also highlights the reasons why the teenagers take drugs along with the most frequent drug they use. Additionally, the author suggested ways in which drug abuse by the teenagers can be prevented and how parents can deal with teenagers who are abusing drugs. Finally, the article looks at signs of drug abuse. Moreover, Venumadhava is currently an assistant Professor at Karnatak University. Venumadgava was not the only one to take interest in drug abuse in teenagers, Malhotra and Biswas (2006) wrote an article bearing the caption, "Cannabis Use and Performance in Adolescents ". In their article, they alluded to the fact that the use of cannabis can lead to the use of other drugs. The article further went on to emphasize the effects of cannabis use on adolescents. Presently Biswas is a Psychiatrist at Columbia Asia hospital in Kolkata and has been practising for 10 years, while Malhotra is the Direcror of Psychiatry Reasearch at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks New York and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx New York. For one thing teenagers and drug abuse has become a topical issue in societies today. Presently there are about 190 million drug users around the world. Moreover, drug use has been increasing among the young people worldwide and most drug abusers are under the age of 30. Furthermore, drug addiction is considered a disease and it in fact spreads like a virus among teenagers. As more and more teenagers become victims of drug abuse the resulting damage from drugs is evident. Hence, teenagers who abuse drugs lose their potential to function physically.