Media Influence

Meanwhile media influence has quickly become another major factor on why youths are taking drugs.

Forms response chart. Question title: Which factor(s) do you think most compel(s) people to take drugs?. Number of responses: 102 responses. — Google Survey Results

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Forms response chart. Question title: Is the use of drugs portrayed in the media normal to you?. Number of responses: 61 responses. — Pie chart #1

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This further proves that media has an major influence in people that the portrayal of drugs in media have become a normality to the majority of people.

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Forms response chart. Question title: Do you agree that celebrities play a huge role in influencing youths to take drugs?. Number of responses: 102 responses. — Pie chart #2

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This also shows that people agree, celebrities who are glamorising the use of drugs on social media or mass media platforms have a huge impact on youth drug abuse.

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Forms response chart. Question title: Rate the social media platform you frequent most from 1 - 5 (1 being the most frequent and 5 being the least). Number of responses: . — Bar chart #1

‍This bar chart here shows many of our respondents use Instagram and Telegram most frequently which are platforms that commonly portray the use of drugs.

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Forms response chart. Question title: On a scale of 1-5, how often do you see the use of drugs in mainstream media (TV shows, music, movies, etc) ?. Number of responses: 102 responses. — Bar chart #2

This bar chart also shows that media has an influence because of how often drugs are shown in mainstream media which 51 respondents in the range of 4-5.

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Relationship Issues

Peer Pressure

Media Influence