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Central Texas College Jail System and Drug Addiction Discussion

Help me study for my Criminal Justice class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

Chapter 14

Locate and read a non-fiction story about a juvenile’s addiction to drug use. One classic is the 1960s book Go Ask Alice, which is the diary of a teenage girl who fights addiction. There are also numerous celebrities who were addicted to drugs when they were juveniles. There are a large number of these non-fiction stories that are equally interesting. You may also use a long magazine article. However, it MUST focus on a particular person with an addiction problem, not on drug use in general.
When you have completed your reading, answer the following questions:
- Why did this juvenile become addicted to drugs? Did he or she ever seem to be in control of the drug use?
- What personality traits may have contributed to the addiction? What social factors? What other factors? How does this story end, and why?
- What could have prevented this drug addiction from ever occurring?