For the subject : Academic English (Oral Presentation)

1. Academic English – PEN0065
Why Are Drugs Dominant
Among Youths?

2. • Ira Nadhira 1132701393
• Lo Jo Han 1132700472
• Nurul Tixana 1132700314
• Liya Saffura 1132702377
Group Members

3. Introductory Paragraph

4. Introduction
• First Hook: “Based on statistics by the National Anti-Drugs
Agency (AADK) in 2012, they busted a total of 385 drug
manufacturing laboratories in Malaysia and seized a total
of a whopping 227 million meth pills.”

5. • Third Hook: “Why drugs?”
• Second Hook: “What are drugs?”
• “…one consumes to alter the way a human body works: be it
emotionally or physically.”
Introduction

6. • Thesis Statement : “There are several reasons why drugs
are dominating the younger generation in a bad way:
curiosity, peer pressure, and family.”
Introduction

7. Body Paragraph 1Medical Usage

8. Body Paragraph 1 (Medical)
• Topic Sentence : “... drugs are not only known for their
negative effects but also for their benefits, especially for
medical purposes.”
• Supporting Details 1 : “…with the advancement of
technology, scientists have created modern drugs that
would help patients with severe diseases.”

9. • Examples : -
• Magic mushroom - relieve the symptoms of cluster headaches,
obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
• Ecstasy - has durable anticancer properties.
• Cocaine - used as a current anesthetic for surgical procedures
due to the quick numbing properties.
Body Paragraph 1 (Medical)

10. Body Paragraph 1 (Medical)
• Examples : -
• LSD - has some potential for the treating of alcoholism.
• Marijuana - relieve chronic pain, prevent PTSD, stimulate
appetite for people with AIDS and control nausea.

11. Body Paragraph 2Curiosity

12. • Topic Sentence – “People have been seeking answers on
why well-brought-up youths who have an amazingly bright
path in life coincides with taking drugs. Among the
answers are; curiosity.”
Body Paragraph 2 (Curiosity)

13. Body Paragraph 2 (Curiosity)
• Supporting Detail 1 – “From young, they have been
strongly advised by their parents to stay away from doing
drugs but however, they lacked education regarding the
effects of drugs.”

14. • Supporting Detail 2 – “…youths know a lot about drugs in
terms of types and function of the drugs, but these drugs
are always out of their reach in their adolescent phase of
life.”
Body Paragraph 2 (Curiosity)
• Supporting Detail 3 – “With these curiosity held under
pressure for many years, it is understood that one will face
difficulties in rejecting the poisonous offer by their peer.”

15. Body Paragraph 3Peer Pressure

16. • Topic Sentence : “There is no doubt that peer pressure has
played its part in damaging the innocent mind of these
young people.”
Body Paragraph 3 (Peer Pressure)
• Supporting details 1 : “…not getting enough attention
from the people around them.”

17. Body Paragraph 3 (Peer Pressure)
• Supporting details 2: feeling alone and isolated.
• friends ignore and make fun of them.
• Supporting details 3 : Troubled relationship with their love
ones.
• A person with a broken heart always tend to find other
happiness. (Example : partying and clubbing)

18. Body Paragraph 3 (Peer Pressure)
• Supporting details 4 : Friends only tell the advantages of
drugs.
• They won’t reveal the bad effect of drugs.
• Can find enjoyment and relieve stress.

19. Body Paragraph 4Family

20. Body Paragraph 4 (Family)
• Supporting Detail 1: “Parents don’t educate about the dangers of
drugs to their children…,”
• Their children actually have absolutely no idea regarding the
effects of drugs.
• Topic Sentence: “… it is revealed that young drug abusers are
commonly related to be having family problems.”

21. Body Paragraph 4 (Family)
• Supporting Detail 2: “Parents should get to know their children
better…,”
• They can talk about everything including drugs topic.
• Supporting Detail 3: “Some parents are so busy with their career life
and never bother what is going on with their children's life…,”
• Not getting enough attention.

22. Conclusion Paragraph

23. Conclusion Paragraph
• Ways to help sustain drug addictions :
• get the higher authorities to tighten the law about drugs
• make police deployment a must
• the police force need canines to sniff out the drugs

24. Conclusion Paragraph
• Ways to help those with drug addictions :
• make a specialize hotline for those who needs help in fighting drug
addictions.
• help them by talking and reminding them the dreadful things can do to them.
• rehabilitation programs should be brought up among youths.

25. T H E E N D