Today teens are trying and using drugs as a form of leisure activity more then ever. In our society drugs can be obtained in any type of setting. In this article I will show how teens start this type of activity and why. Drug use is rarely started by a teen saying they want to try drugs. Drug use is usually started by a form of gateway drugs.
Gateway drugs are drugs that are legal for adults and usually lead to the use of illegal drugs.
These Gateway Drugs are very easy to obtain and they give a teen a false sense of being older. The problem is that these type of substances usually lead to the use of illegal drugs. Researchers have shown that this pattern differs among sexes. Women tend to start out by using cigarettes as a Gateway Drug, while men usually use alcohol as their first Gateway Drug. There is no evidence as to why this is the case, but more research is being done on this topic.