Introduction Drug use among high school students is not something that just arrived with the legalization of marijuana or the endless legal supply of amphetamines prescribed to anyone who claims to not being able to concentrate. Although drug use has become somewhat normalized in our society, whether it is experimental drug use, recreational drug use, or habitual smoking of marijuana, this does not mean that the risk of regular drug use can quickly slide into substance abuse or even addiction. chooses to use drugs is exposing themselves to some type of risk, including overdose and death, is there some gene or characteristic that may make some people more likely to abuse or become dependent on drugs than others? This article seeks to explore the correlation between self-esteem levels in high school girls and drug use. More specifically, we seek to learn what the majority of students at a specific high school consider normal drug use to be a control variable. After obtaining the control variable, women at each grade level at the same high school will be sent a series of two surveys: one used to measure their level of self-esteem and one related to drug use, identical to the one used to determine the check. These surveys will be pre-marked with corresponding identification numbers so that they are traceable to each other while maintaining the subject's anonymity. Literature review Drug use in young men and women aged 12 to 19 years Drug use among adolescents and young adults has become quite widespread over the past 25 years, many of which have characterized increases at epidemic proportions. There has been endless research aimed at understanding why drug use often begins during adolescence... half of article... and Gordon-Larsen, PhD, P. (2010). Perception of overweight and self-esteem in adolescence. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 447-54.Semple, PhD, S.J., Grant, MD, I., & Patterson, PhD, TL (2004). Methamphetamine users: social characteristics and risky sexual behavior. Women and health, 35-50 years. Stewart, S. H., Conrad, P. J., Pihl, R. O., & Dongier, M. (1999). Relationships between dimensions of posttraumatic stress symptoms and substance dependence in a community-recruited sample of substance-abusing women. 13(2), 78-88. Venturelli, P.J. (2000). Drugs in schools: myths versus reality. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 567, 72-87.Willis, T. A. (1994). Self-esteem and perceived control in adolescent substance use: Comparative tests in concurrent and prospective analyses. Psychology of addictive behaviors, 8(4), 223-34.