How Social Media Influences Teen Drug Abuse

Social Media Teen Usage Age Breakdown

Teens 15 -17 Teens 13-14

Teens – Mobile Devices – Tablets – Social Media

The number of Teens who hop on the their cell phones for something online each day has jumped to 94%

Teen Internet and Social Media Usage

Internet & American Life Project, the Pew Research Center

Parents are in the Dark about the dangers of Social Media

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

Teen are exposed to Drugs at an early age from Social Media

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s study

Early Drug Abuse increases chances of Adult Drug Addiction

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s study

The Vicious Cycle

Early Social Media Use Promotes early drug abuse

Leading to long-term substance abuse

Cyber-Bullying – What’s the Connection

Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

Teens Cyber-Bullied from Social Media more likely to abuse Drugs

Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

Social media and cyber bullying in particular can make your teen more susceptible to smoking, drinking and using illegal and/or prescription drugs.

Impact of Social Media

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

Social Media and Teen Alcohol Abuse

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s study

Teens who are exposed to these types of images are three times more likely to consume alcohol

Social Media and Teen Marijuana Abuse

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s study

Teens who are exposed to these types of images are three times more likely to consume alcohol

Teens are four times more likely to use marijuana if they have been exposed to the drug through Social Media

Social Media and Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

Teens who are exposed to these types of images are three times more likely to consume alcohol

Teens are able to access mind-altering substances, including prescription drugs, more readily than

teens who don’t use social media

2,000 Teens who use Social Media on a daily basis were surveyed in a

Columbia University Study reported by Web MD

Teens who are exposed to these types of images are three times more likely to consume alcohol

5 times more likely

3 times more likely

2 times more likely

Teens seeing Teens using Drugs on Social Media

The CASA Columbia survey

75% of teens between 12 -17 years old admitted that seeing photos of teens using drugs on social media encouraged them to do the same.

Social Media legitimizes Teen Drug Abuse

Many teens claim that seeing pictures on social media depicting their friends and

schoolmates using drugs motivate them to engage in the same or similar behaviors.

Only one out of every 25 Americans who starts using an addictive substance after the age of 21

becomes addicted.

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s study

Teens using Snap Chat to deal or buy drugs

So what’s the problemYou don’t really know who you are messaging

Could be an undercover cop on the other end

No problem right. Snap Chat disappears

Have you heard of Screen Captures?

Drug Images can haunt you the rest of your life

Teens watch celebrities do drugs on Social Media and

think it is okay

Whiz Khalif on Instagram smoking weed from a bong

Tumblr – The Forgotten Drug Infested Social Media Web Site

Medical Marijuana companies have place to promote Teen glorifying marijuana use

on Tumbler

Marijuana Companies resort to Social Media to Advertise

Tumbler profile leads to ecommerce

sites

Twitter also sells marijuana like any other commodity

Adult Social Media Sites are easy for Underage teens to

make a Profile

All you need is to type in 18 years-old to make a Tumblr profile

Teens use Twitter and snapchat to invite Friends to Drug Alcohol

Parties

And Then This Happens

Teens have Fake Social Media Accounts to hide Drug use

Real

Parents should be suspicious when Teens block them from their Social Media Profiles