Teens and pre-teens are using their part-time job paycheck to buy grills (a form of jewelry worn in the mouth)
rap music has turned the youth more violent, utterly disrespectful and it is teaching them that it's acceptable to have multiple babies' mommas, stand on the block and hustle or even kill someone over a minor disagreement
being deteriorated by the lyrics and images portrayed in rap music and videos.
rap music is influencing our adolescents to become hustlers, pimps and murderers
Slick Rick, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Special Ed and Big Daddy Kane made popular non-violent mainstream music that spread throughout the world in a matter of two years
12-19 because they are at a very impressionable age and it's hard for them to determine fantasy from reality
Several deaths of athletes have been related to drug
abuse. Although it is not possible to mention all drugs that
have been causally linked with sudden death in athletes, the most
important (9) of them are:
Ephedrine (Ma-Huang or herba ephedra)
Cocaine
Amphetamines
Anabolic steroids (oxymesterone, methandrostenolone, stanozol,
etc)
Erythropoetin
Alcohol
Ergotamine derivatives
"Energy" drinks
who studies the link between steroid use and aggression, has recently found evidence that use of anabolic steroids may have long-term effects on behavior and aggression levels well after they stop abusing these performance enhancing drugs.
Almost all steroid users do get some side effects. Some get bad acne. Some get headaches and nosebleeds.. Steroids can also stop bones from growing: if you're a teenager, you may never grow to your full height - and there's no second chance. Steroid use can also affect your hair growth and can cause premature baldness!
Steroids can contribute to high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels - the leading causes of heart disease, the number one killer in North America. Steroids have also been linked to kidney disease and liver disease or cancer. Men may have an increasing chance of developing prostate cancer later in life.