Drug use started at the age of 12 or 13

The data, which SBS analyzed with the National Institute of Forensic Science, shows the cases of teenage drug users last year. The youngest drug user was a 10-year-old in the sixth grade. The student's drug was not appetite suppressant or sleeping pills, but 'hard drug' meth. It wasn't just one person.

Last year, there were more children who took drugs at the age of 6 and 12. There was no more 'too young to do drugs.' In fact, I met a 12-year-old student who started using drugs at the age of 13 and became addicted.

'Dead end' fleeing domestic violence

At 13 years old, Ms. Kim Eun-bi (pseudonym) took meth. Most of the people who heard Miss Eunbi's story asked, "Is this a student who has just graduated from elementary school?" and "Why? How?"

Getting started wasn't difficult. Ms. Eunbi, a first-year junior high school student at the time who was subjected to domestic violence, thought many times about extreme options. In the end, Miss Eunbi's choice was drugs. Ms. Eunbi candidly confessed that she thought, "Maybe the drugs on Netflix will change my life dramatically."

Miss Eunbi, who had nowhere to turn, began to search the Internet for "drugs" with half curiosity and half expectation. There were so many 'suppliers' online who were looking for Miss Eunbi that I approached out of curiosity. Within hours of getting the drugs, I was contacted. I just had a few words in a random chat, and a man showed up who offered to give me drugs for free. This man dosed Miss Nvi with meth.

Middle school years lost 'just once'



It has been more than two years since a split second "once" has tormented Miss Eunbi. Even now, Miss Eunbi has not been able to get rid of drugs. Ms. Eunbi says that for six months after she first encountered drugs, she couldn't get the thought out of her head.

Six months later, Miss Eunbi found drugs again. Then it was a week, then five, then three, then two days. The amount of medication taken has also increased. I've become resistant.

As a junior high school student, Miss Eunbi's body also changed. My skin started to age, my mouth started to dry out, and I started to get canker sores the size of coins. Due to the wakefulness effect, I only slept about 2 hours every other day. Eventually, it wasn't until the third year of middle school that I felt that I had "severe memory loss" that I was able to stop.

"Where were you going on the road, what were you trying to hit while you were on your phone? I don't remember anything. That's when I thought it was really serious."

There will be 'more pain' after the decision



Some people think that the act of 'taking a drug' is simply a matter of willpower. So did Miss Eunbi. But then came the physical pain. My hands began to tremble, and as my wakefulness eased, I began to have more and more sudden collapses due to symptoms of anemia and hypoglycemia. I was drunk enough to sleep for only four hours every two days, and then when the effects of the drug disappeared, my body reacted.

The mental pain was even worse. Miss Eunbi's arms bore traces of pain.


Eventually, after about 4 months, I found another drug. I was frustrated with my family and myself. I've managed to get my mind back on track and I've been getting through it for two months now. It's a time spent by a student who is only in his first year of high school.


(The rest of the story is from the soup)