Substance abuse knows no boundaries crossing all cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines.
Young people who partake in drug use run the risk of incurring serious damage to their minds and bodies as well as to their futures. In addition, studies have repeatedly linked drug use to adecline in academic performance, truancy, misconduct, and delinquency. These drugs are also prevalent at teen dance clubs and juice bars. Used in combination with alcohol, these drugs can be even more dangerous. Uncertainties about the drug source, pharmacological agents, chemicals used to manufacture them and possible contaminants make it difficult to determine toxicity and symptoms.