When unpacking the implication on personal, interpesonal and societal aspects you need to consider the following things

-What are the positive OR negative implications (There may be one or the other in this case)

-What are the short and long term implications (YOU MUST include both short and long term)

-Personal is aspects that affect the person directly. Eg. The teenagers that have fallen pregnant, The kids that are using the drugs, The people who are experiencing mental health issues themselves. 

Eg. The short term implications for 15-24 year olds using nangs is the fatal harm it can cause to your lungs and lips as a result of the high pressure release of the N20. This would require emergency treatment for the individual as burns to your lips and throat or fatal lung injuries would mean the person using the nang may not be able to breath and may die if not treated immediately (1). The long term use of nangs for 15-24 year olds can also have a number of permanant and significant physical well being implications such as vitamin B12 inactivation and diseases of the brain, spine and nerves (1). This will lead to them not being able to walk properly impacting on their physical, mental/ emotional and social well being as they would require constant physical support and not be able to participate in their day to day activities that were done prior to the injury. The attitudes of 15-24 year olds are reflected in the lack of care for their own well-being in the pursuit for a short term high and as a result doing ongoing damage to their physical well being. 

(1) https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/whats-new/Pages/the-nang-effect.aspx#:~:text=Long%2Dterm%20effects%20of%20excessive,carrying%20oxygen%20around%20your%20body)

-Interpersonal is the relationships and the impact that this issue has on those. Eg. Teenage pregnancy short and long term negative implication on the relationship between both parents and the fact that they are being forced into a parenting situation. One parent may also want an abortion and the other may want to keep the baby. A lack of support or acknowledgement of parenting resposibility from one party. 

-Societal is the implications that this issue has on society. Eg. Teen pregnancy requires a substantial amount of support from organisations (Teen parent units). Also, it restricts teenage mothers from being able to continue their full pathway in education placing stress on society to support them down the track doe to the high level of parenting commitment required and the negative implication this has on their education. 

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