Skins: The Evolving Portrayl of Teenage Drug Use on Television

When I was young, seeing the media depicting youth's "party culture" and experiencing this culture is quite different. Teenagers are educated about the risk of drug use, but they are still vulnerable, so it is easy to imitate this behavior. The opportunity to see these cultures in two different countries is very attractive. When I was sixteen I spent the summer in Europe and saw a direct young man in this situation.

According to the Times, the use of prescription medicine has increased six-fold in 10 years - "6,522 in 2006 to 48,997 in 2016. One was skin cancer and other fatal skin diseases It is used to treat. Drugs for ichthyosis and puberty acne are questions for ordinary teenagers, or it is simply not available. This is a suspicious question. However, only 9998 patients who prescribed that medicine could benefit from it. Despite having to cope with sporadic muscle spasms, muscle pain, and occasional mood swings, it is not too bad. And it is fair trade-off to have other people's enviable lifelong transparent skin.

Alcohol is still the number one medicine on American TV, there is one drinking scene every 22 minutes, there is one smoking place every 57 minutes and one illegal drug site every 112 minutes. On the other hand, teenagers can see alcohol being used once every 14 minutes. Analysis shows that almost half of the 359 music videos contain 35% alcohol, 10% tobacco and 13% illegal drugs. One-third of drinking scenes are humorous, with only 23% showing adverse effects

A good aspect of the use of prime time television and alcohol is to depict the results when underage is depicted as using alcohol, to change to an aggressive learning experience. The negative impact of using alcohol and drugs on television is that a negative message is sent that teenagers drink or smoke is cool. According to Kids Health.com, children aged 8 to 18 and teenagers are watching television for nearly four hours a day (The Nemours Foundation, 2010). This is about three times the time they spend listening to the radio. Children are greatly affected by what they see, and many of them wish to imitate what they see like the stars of these shows, especially if they use alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. These programs depict dangerous behaviors and often do not consider the consequences of alcohol use, smoking and drug use.