Statistics of Peer Pressure |
Peer pressure can extend beyond friends to include family, school, and neighborhood associations. This is sometimes referred to as the influence of the “Social System”. The influence from each of these social systems seems to have a significant impact on the choices of teens.
Recent peer pressure statistics indicate that more and more teens are being pressured into using dangerous drugs on a daily basis. According to peer pressure statistics on the Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base website. |
Stat 1Every day 2,500 teens chose to abuse some type of pain reliever for the first time.
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Stat 2About 1/3 of those respondents reported that they felt pressured into at least trying them.
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Stat 32, 500 teens daily for a year equals more than 900,000 teens every year that are trying a prescription drug for the first time.
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