Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, and Lindsay Lohan are celebrities that many teenagers, at one point, liked and admired. But recently interviewed high school students expressed concern about the examples these celebs are setting for them and their peers.

"[Yvonne] Santiago said stars like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse, who have publicly gone in and out of rehabilitation for addiction, make it seem as if drugs and alcohol are less serious problems than they really are. 'I think it makes kids think, "OK, if I do drugs and get messed up, then I can just go to rehab like Britney, and be all better, hooray,"' she said."

Teens are worried about the way some celebrities downplay the seriousness of drug and alcohol addiction and make rehab look easy. Many adults worry, too, because teens don't see the negative consequences of addiction in the lives of celebrities.

Labels: influences, media, role_models