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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Crank by: Ellen Hopkins

    (Crank by: Ellen Hopkins) Katherine deals with issues that I recognized most teenagers dealt with such as drug and addiction. 
Katherine used to have a perfect life. She used to be and A+ student and never got into any trouble. Katherine's mom and her dad were divorced. So, Katherine decided to visit her dad, but her dad ... didn't act like a real dad to Katherine. Katherine was pretty lonely and hung out by herself... until she met Adam. Adam was a drug addict and made Katherine try Crank (type of drug) , but when Katherine tried it, she loved it! Katherine constantly kept visiting Adam to try more drugs till she was completely a drug addict. Katherine forgot all about her school work and her friends and family. 
   Most teenager are drug addicts. I visited a website:   http://helpguide.org/mental/drug_substance_abuse_addiction_signs_effects_treatment.htm for more information on Teenager Drug Addiction. "People experiment with drugs for many different reasons. Many first try drugs out of curiosity, to have a good time, because friends are doing it, or in an effort to improve athletic performance or ease another problem, such as stress, anxiety, or depression" from the Article Drug Abuse and Addiction. I think that this makes sense because Katherine was sort of  depressed and stressed about her parent's divorce and her sister being homosexual she tried to ignore all her family problems or maybe she was just curious.
       Well, I can connect to Katherine (not about drugs) usually when I find something cool that I like (ex: T.V.) I don't do my homework... I get addicted with it or a type of food. 
       Katherine life gets totally ruined because she  gets raped  by her boyfriend and she nearly killed her baby because she still kept taking drugs and I'm sure most teenagers lives were ruined because of drug addiction.  
 

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