Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 1/9/2012

Question
Greetings! Hello Sir, I am Rachel Ann Rempis taking up Mass Communication at Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines. We are in need of international sources about our investigative study which focuses on teenage issues like drugs, alcohols, late-night hang-outs, and delinquent students. I have read some of your articles about teenage issues and I find it really helpful and interesting. Hope you could help us on our investigative study. Below are some questions that will help in our deep understanding about teenage issues. I hope you could help us on this matter. Thanks

QUESTIONS:

1. What do you think is the primary reason why teenagers nowadays are getting involved in social issues like drugs and alcohol usage and early pregnancy?
2. What pleasure do teenagers get from using drugs and drinking alcohols?
3. What are the effects of drug usage to teenagers particularly on their mental and social behavior?
4. Is drug addiction a self-inflicted disorder?
5. What is the estimated age bracket for teenagers who are using drugs and alcohols?
6. How can teenagers prevent drug addiction?

Answer
Most of the answers can be found at our web  site by reading articles. But I try to briefly answer the questions.

  1.    General unhappiness about life and society, Social stress affect the biochemical aspects of personality result in constant high levels of stress hormones.
  2.   Drugs and alcohol provides relief to high levels of stress hormones (chiefly adrenaline and cortisol). Please read: "Drug Addiction is a Nutritional Disorder", "Why Addiction to Marijuana", "Why Alcoholics Drinks"..
  3.    Drugs and alcohol are addictive substances and will become the main motivation in life to use.
  4.   No, drug addiction is not a self-inflicted disorder, it is metabolic disorder - a sick body unable to produce feel-good neurotransmitters     and hormones.
  5.    Usually starts early in life until adulthood (ages 12 - 30). But it can become a life-long illness.
  6.    Provide a satisfactory society,  capable of providing good nutrition and creating a healthy body.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist.
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman