OUTLINE & PRECIS

Interesting trends regarding the use of drugs among teenagers in the United States have begun to be revealed through the work of various researchers . While in some key areas , the use of drugs has declined , in other areas increases have been found to exist in teenagers ' use of drugs . Such areas in which such trends have been detected include use of particular types of drugs , the availability of these to the students and the demographic that is exposed to the drugs . Such substances as methamphetamine , marijuana , and prescription medication are drugs that

have seen either increases or decreases in their general trends , and differences are being studied and detected in the genders ' response to these substances . This essay will define such trends and attempt to give gender-based reasons why these have occurred

The use of methamphetamine among students has demonstrated a decrease between 2005 and 2006

Usage by tenth grade students has decreased over the year

The decline rate among females has been from 3 to 2 percent

The decline rate among males has been from 2 .6 percent to 1 .7 percent

Usage by twelfth grade students has decreased over the year

The decline rate among females is unsure but is suspected to be roughly the same as for males

The decline rate among males has been from 9 percent to 7 .4 percent

The use of marijuana among students has demonstrated a decrease between the years 2005 and 2006

Usage by tenth grade students has decreased over the year

The decline rate for lifetime users was 2 .3

The decline rate in the availability of the drug is 1 .9

Usage by twelfth grade students has decreased over the year

It has been the trend for females to use less marijuana than males

The decline rate among females is unsure , but is suspected to be greater than that of males

The decline rate among males has been from 9 to 7 .4

The use of other drugs among students has demonstrated an increase between 2002 and 2006

Usage of MDMA (ecstasy ) by females students has increased over the year

Use has gone up from 2 .7 percent to 4 .0 percent

This represents an increase of 1 .3 percent

Usage of all illicit drugs (apart from marijuana ) by males is shown to be above that of females

Usage of all illicit drugs (apart from marijuana ) by males is shown to be on the decline

The use of drugs among males and females is influenced by different gender-based situations

Men are more likely to have opportunities to use drugs than women

Men are more likely than women to abuse drugs such as marijuana and alcohol

Women are more likely to become addicted to sedatives

Women take more time to report drug dependence

Women often use drugs in response to depression or eating diss

Men and women differ in the effect that drug use has on their life choices

Men are less likely to be drop out of high school...