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Four factors that may lead to an increase of learners abusing substance in schools​

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4 reasons here:

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Adventure; boredom causes them to look for excitement, even if it's detrimental to their health.

2) Peer pressure;research shows that risk-taking among teens doubles when peers are around.

3) media;easy to guess, shows a lot of risky behaviour in glamorous or admirable ways.

4) Poor self-esteem; bullying can lead to poor self-esteem and higher chance of the victim becoming depressed and taking substance to cope with the depression, also leads to err, self-death

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