Prevalence And Trends Of The Assessment Answer

Key Topics

• INTRODUCTION
• NATURE OF THE HEALTH ISSUE 
• PREVALENCE AND TRENDS OF THE HEALTH BEHAVIOR
• PROTECTIVE AND RISK BEHAVIORS 
• SOCIETAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMPARE THIS PERCEPTION TO CURRENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED 
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES 

Need to research on drug use health issue relevance to young people.

Introduction

The use of drugs has been increasing among youngsters and it has also become a major trend which drives them to show their status among others. The most common factor that leads to drug use is pressure from peer at college and schools (Scott, et al. 2018). Thus, in this context the study has been emphasizing on prevalence and trend for health behavior and along with that, researcher has also mentioned about protective and risk behavior for young people. Furthermore, the social perception of the health behavior of young people is also discussed.  

NATURE OF THE HEALTH ISSUE 

On global nature, substance abuse is a public health problem in which many young people often conduct varied experiments with a variety of activities. Many people do not understand the reasons for which youngsters consume drugs. People usually mistakenly think that those who take drugs lack in moral principles or willpower; hence they could not stop themselves in using drugs (Cheung and Cheung, 2018). However, in reality drug addiction is a complex health problem which makes things out of control; hence leads to addiction consequently. Drug use is not about heroin, cocaine or other illegal drugs; but it is also about alcohol, opioid painkillers and other legal substances. 
From many research studies, it is being identified that drug abuse is a growing problem among teens because they are more prone to experiments of a variety of substances. In young age, use of drug is increasing because youngsters remain very much cautious about their reputation and social image (Levy, et al. 2018). Today, mostly 69% of the youngsters consume drugs in the age of 15 and usually they start this activity during college parties and social gatherings. Due to peer pressure, they feel more affirmative in taking drugs. Use of alcohol and drugs before developing the brain increases future risks for addiction to alcohol and drugs dramatically (Pechorro, et al. 2018).