Substance use and addiction are one of the most important public health problems in all societies and all societies have them. When young people, as the most vulnerable and formative group of society, are exposed to the means of addiction, the whole society is vulnerable and as such is called to react. Drug and alcohol use among young people is a social fact and a statistical phenomenon, which as such are mostly intact to prevention programs. Individual experience with the use of substances is considered one of the main factors influencing the perception of risk and attitudes of young people towards the use of addictive substances. This paper presents the relationship between self-reported prevalence and subjectively perceived risks of drug use among young people. The aim of this study was to test high school students about standpoints towards addictive substances as well as cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and drug use. The results showed that most students drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes, and that marijuana was most commonly used as an addiction among young people. Students believe that the means of addiction can be obtained easily and that addiction is a problem of today's society. With tobacco products, the matter is more demanding, because exposure to cigarettes is a family phenomenon, which young people witness from the earliest days of childhood and in relation to their use they do not have sufficient problem awareness. The family plays a key role in preventing and intervening with the use and abuse of addictive substances in young people, both through risk-taking and / or encouragement, and through the promotion of protection and resilience. This paper examines a number of family processes and structures associated with young people starting with substance use and later substance abuse, and it can be concluded that there is significant evidence of family involvement in substance use and later youth drug abuse. With regard to family participation, interventions aimed at family use to prevent substance use and substance abuse among young people are being investigated and evaluated. The review concludes that there is a lack of methodologically highly valid research in this area, but this research suggests that the family may play a central role in preventing substance use and subsequent substance abuse among young people.