... smokers do, which increases the lungs" exposure to carcinogenic smoke. These facts suggest that smoking marijuana may increase the risk of cancer more than smoking tobacco. Furthermore, being "high" produces driving hazards through slowed reactions times and decreased spatial judgment abilities. For example, the commercial where a little boy was killed by his brother, who was ... driving under the influence of marijuana, demonstrates the effect marijuana has on an individual. Along with the Physicians Association for AIDS Care and National Lymphoma Foundation are AIDS victims who found ...

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... accidents occur when under the influence of drugs. Eighty percent of patients in special units, like burn centers, have injuries involving drug use. Even small amounts of drug consumption make driving unsafe. Driving under the influence is not only unsafe, but also illegal. Almost half of all fatal car crashes are drug related. You are also more likely to disregard contraceptives, while ... and depression. Not all effects will occur in everyone but most will. Including some like paranoia and psychosis. Addiction to drugs can have serious effects on one's life in relationships, school, a...

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... to their studies. Teachers soon became aware of its impending threat to education and outlawed them from the school grounds. Soon, because the ban of the POG proved to unsuccessful, teachers allowed them back into the school. A few weeks later the POG became the plaything of yesterday and little boys were beat up in ... the bathroom for carrying such "sissy toys" around school. This example, though not drug related, does parallel the drug issue, in that, if drugs were readily available, there use could become of ... little or no interest to society. There is a difference between the PO...

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... for toxicology testing. While flunitrazepam has become widely known for its use as a date-rape drug, it is abused more frequently for other reasons. It is abused by high school students, college students, street gang members, rave party attendees, and heroin and cocaine abusers to produce profound intoxication, boost the high of heroin, and modulate the effects of cocaine ... . Chronic use of flunitrazepam can result in physical dependence and the appearance of withdrawal syndrome when the drug is discontinued. Flunitrazepam impairs cognitive and psychomotor functions affecting reaction ...

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... a changed environment would change him. But three weeks after his father sent Jamee back because he could not control him. When he stole her car and was driving the wrong way on a one-way street the police only gave him a citation and sent him home. But Kary wanted more than that so she put him ... attractive so he ran away from home. "Jamee started seeing these guys out there who were wearing expensive clothes and they didn't have to go to school or ask their parents for money." So to be like them he began to sell drugs. When he tired of life on the run he returned home ... he was sent...

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... people have Sought safety by forming groups and the youths of today are still doing this same thing. It can be for many reasons such as an alienated kid in school that seems to be harassed by other students. It could be a child who comes from a broken home and is seeking Not only the safety but also security of belonging. By ... another big thing is the money that can be made in gangs and the image shown on TV and other things. If you ask most kids if they would mind driving a Mercedes or BMW at the age of 20 they would probably say tell me how and this is where the gang member comes in...

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... extra money and more time on law enforcer's side, the bigger concern of marijuana is its rising influence and possession in the hands of minors, especially since a third of high school seniors smoked it in the past year. Legalizing marijuana would keep minors from possessing or using it as frequently then in its current state of prohibition. With the height of ... rate of seniors lighting up, it clearly states that pot prohibition is not working especially (coming from personal experience) when a bag of weed is easier to obtain than a ride to school. Most would say that it being readily...

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MY CHOICE: NOT TO DO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL On the bus ride to school little Joey has to make a choice. Yesterday on the bus, Joey was offered a cigarette, not sure of what to say, he told the boys, "Maybe tomorrow." Well, it is tomorrow ... legally drink alcohol until they reach the age of twenty-one. Even though this drug is legal, many teenagers abuse it. More than 3,600 teens die a year from drinking and driving, and 85,000 are hurt. Many teens think that it is cool to drink, well, it is not. I really don't know why they want to put their bodies through the ... ...

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... flashbacks from LSD, LSD can cause flashbacks years after taking the drug, at any time. What if the person that took this LSD drug is Tom, Tom is driving a bus full of kids to school, no Tom is a pilot flying a plane full of passengers, and no Tom is a doctor performing a surgery. What tom was before taking LSD does not matter any more ... ...

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... time, they could be involved in auto accident or maybe involved in unsafe sexual behavior. Marijuana abuse can reduce people's abilities to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination, such as driving a car. People may also find it hard to study under the influence of marijuana. Marijuana users also feel a lack of motivation. Lack of motivation is a common affect in marijuana abuse ... , marijuana may only enhance their problems. Marijuana users may have a lack of concern about how they look or how they portray themselves in public. Marijuana users may perform poorly in school...

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