Drug use in American culture has a profound presence. It can be found in TV shows, music, and some drugs even have advertisements. Alcabes’ article Medication Nation even acknowledges advertisements as being a part of the problem of over medication. I believe that excessive drug usage is a now a popular thing and has been caused by the American culture. Watching television shows is a popular thing to do in American culture but some of the shows that we are watching in our down time are depicting the usage of drugs and even glorifying it. For instance, one of the most popular shows on television is the show called Breaking Bad. This television show follows and glorifies the life of the meth cook, Walter White. Walter White is a real person who is now in prison for the meth ring that he ran. United States of Tara is another popular show, except that this show is not about illegal drugs this show is about a young woman names Tara which refuses to take medication for her personality disorder. Meanwhile, many people around her want her to take the medication so she isn’t so “crazy”.
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More and more young adults and teens are smoking marijuana for recreational use. At the same time, more young adults and teens are using opioids. This is something that is very prevalent in American High schools. During my time in high school other students did not try to hid their drug usage they believe that it was something cool to do. One of my friends also participated in using opioids. As high school continued, he began to rely more heavily on them to get through the day to day task. He was not the only one that developed an opioid addiction, there were many people that could not make it through the school day without having high. You could walk down the hall way and see a drug exchange or even see someone taking unknown pills at the water
I believe that these type of television …show more content…
More and more young adults and teens are smoking marijuana for recreational use. At the same time, more young adults and teens are using opioids. This is something that is very prevalent in American High schools. During my time in high school other students did not try to hid their drug usage they believe that it was something cool to do. One of my friends also participated in using opioids. As high school continued, he began to rely more heavily on them to get through the day to day task. He was not the only one that developed an opioid addiction, there were many people that could not make it through the school day without having high. You could walk down the hall way and see a drug exchange or even see someone taking unknown pills at the water