Pot is the most commonly used illegal drug in the united states. People can become psychologically dependent on marijuana and find it hard to stop using. Craving from marijuana is strong. But this is not a substance that is addicting. Smoking cigarettes, on the other hand, is addictive, and many kids start because of the peer pressure factor.
Smoking is one of the leading causes that start teens on drugs.
This drug is illegal for teens and users start to crave more illegal things such a marijuana. Drug use among teenagers in America has become a national nightmare. Drug use is responsible for a high number of school dropouts, teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, crime, suicide and death by drug overdoses. In Plan, Texas, over a dozen teenagers have died from drug overdose. Because today's drugs are far more potent than they were in the past, teenagers can become addicted more quickly and overdose more easily.