This is a paper about Drug Abuse as a contributing factor to Social Deviance in Canada. Includes a full bibliography.

The topic of this paper is "Drug Abuse amongst teens in Canada", this paper will attempt to discover and reveal the reasons why teenager in Canada abuse drugs. Theoretical examples will be incorporated into a sociological framework of theories that will attempt to provide an insight into the reasons behind "Drug abuse amongst teens in Canada". For the sake of simplicity and for the sake of the reader, the definition of "drug-abuse" will remain constant …

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