A teenager is likely to experience drugs and alcohol, especially during high school. Some teens try it and don't like it, others love it. This love for drugs and alcohol becomes a regular activity, and then a teenager can become addicted to drugs or alcohol and can progress to addiction. These phases of substance abuse impact relationships, health, and ambitions. Families and friends are devastated when their loved ones turn to drugs and alcohol. Relationships are ruined when someone is addicted to escapism by twisting their mind because an addict will steal and lie to get their next high. Parents want to help, but they reach a point where they can no longer tolerate the spiteful behavior. Friends begin to drift apart, avoiding contact with the person abusing drugs. Whether physical or mental, health is important. When a person ingests drugs or alcohol into their body, their health begins to deteriorate. Physically, a body becomes more prone to infections or viruses. Additionally, you are more likely to engage in reckless activities that can harm your body. Looking from the psychological aspect of health, a person who uses drugs and alcohol can become addicted, embracing intoxication to soothe their trauma. Furthermore, an addict begins to give up on his ambitions. A feeling of comfort in being drunk is established. People who abuse drugs or alcohol forget what is important in life and stop going to school or work. Instead of spending time doing homework or paying bills, they get high. Long-term goals become non-existent; the only thing that matters is the next time you can stop feeling emotions. There are immeasurable amounts of information about why adolescents abuse drugs...... half of the paper ......drug abuse suits, (. ( 2009). Tracking the Future: National Findings on Use of Drug Abuse in Adolescents. Overview of Key Findings, 2008. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia, U. (2010). : Adolescents and parents. Columbia University National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, researcher states that drug abuse is a chronic disease: primary care role needed in treatment (2005). ), 3.Department of Education, WC (2007, Volume 14, Number 3. US Department of Education.National Bureau of Drug Control, P. (2010). Keeping Our Children safe, healthy and drug-free in the new school season. Fact sheet from the Office of National Drug Control Policy.