(The photo above is Beth and Reece)How on earth does Hollyoaks fit into this?
Drugs...
I am pretty much addicted to the television programme Hollyoaks. At the moment there is a story about two teenagers who are taking drugs and are becoming more addicted and have very recently taken a very heavy drug (I’m not sure what it was but it involved the drug users to inject themselves followed by collapsing and becoming unconscious!) It has been criticised for promoting drug use, which I have to disagree with. Although this is going to sound a bit daft, I think it is a positive thing for the producers of Hollyoaks to put this kind of thing into the programme. It has shown the effects of drugs effectively, it is evident by watching the characters on screen over time, that it has had some physical effect) on them, as well as mental and financial (the desperation for money to buy drugs. It has also shown highly important things being dramatically effected such as education, friendships and it hasn’t got as far as their families knowing but I’m sure they’ll figure it out in the next episode!
For more information on the effects of drugs: http://www.drugsline.org/site/pages/outreach_effects.php
I am pretty much addicted to the television programme Hollyoaks. At the moment there is a story about two teenagers who are taking drugs and are becoming more addicted and have very recently taken a very heavy drug (I’m not sure what it was but it involved the drug users to inject themselves followed by collapsing and becoming unconscious!) It has been criticised for promoting drug use, which I have to disagree with. Although this is going to sound a bit daft, I think it is a positive thing for the producers of Hollyoaks to put this kind of thing into the programme. It has shown the effects of drugs effectively, it is evident by watching the characters on screen over time, that it has had some physical effect) on them, as well as mental and financial (the desperation for money to buy drugs. It has also shown highly important things being dramatically effected such as education, friendships and it hasn’t got as far as their families knowing but I’m sure they’ll figure it out in the next episode!
For more information on the effects of drugs: http://www.drugsline.org/site/pages/outreach_effects.php
Drug dealers...
There is then the character of ‘Ste’- a teenage father who is also an offender, and cannabis user. Oh, and his moms an alcoholic, and his step-dad beats him-the reason why he has left. He is finding it extremely difficult to find a job to support is daughter as well as his girlfriend and himself. He has therefore been forced to steal and when caught had to lie that his daughter has leukaemia (an everlasting lie). He has now resulted into selling drugs as he is desperate to get money for his family. I’m not sure whether I should feel sorry for him, but I do! It was clear throughout the soap that he was trying very hard to find a job but had no luck. It is also clear that he doesn’t want to deal drugs, he is just desperate for money. No child grows up wanting to become a drug dealer, the character of Ste was clearly forced into it. This has taught me to look at the world in a wider prospective.
There is then the character of ‘Ste’- a teenage father who is also an offender, and cannabis user. Oh, and his moms an alcoholic, and his step-dad beats him-the reason why he has left. He is finding it extremely difficult to find a job to support is daughter as well as his girlfriend and himself. He has therefore been forced to steal and when caught had to lie that his daughter has leukaemia (an everlasting lie). He has now resulted into selling drugs as he is desperate to get money for his family. I’m not sure whether I should feel sorry for him, but I do! It was clear throughout the soap that he was trying very hard to find a job but had no luck. It is also clear that he doesn’t want to deal drugs, he is just desperate for money. No child grows up wanting to become a drug dealer, the character of Ste was clearly forced into it. This has taught me to look at the world in a wider prospective.
Incest...
Also, Reece and Beth! Half brother and sister who didn’t know they were brother and sister and fell in love with each other and when finding out that they are brother and sister still continued their incestuous relationship. Now it is all out in the open and many people are hurt, Reeces family and Beths fiancé who is also Reece’s best friend! But, can this have been helped? You can’t help who you fall in love with. They found out after they were madly in love with each other so could their feelings have been stopped at that stage? Is this regarded as bad behaviour?
For a definition of incest http://www.crescentlife.com/psychissues/incest.htm
There is LOADS more I can go on about in Hollyoaks but this blog is long enough so I’ll leave it there.
Also, Reece and Beth! Half brother and sister who didn’t know they were brother and sister and fell in love with each other and when finding out that they are brother and sister still continued their incestuous relationship. Now it is all out in the open and many people are hurt, Reeces family and Beths fiancé who is also Reece’s best friend! But, can this have been helped? You can’t help who you fall in love with. They found out after they were madly in love with each other so could their feelings have been stopped at that stage? Is this regarded as bad behaviour?
For a definition of incest http://www.crescentlife.com/psychissues/incest.htm
There is LOADS more I can go on about in Hollyoaks but this blog is long enough so I’ll leave it there.
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