... . However, I also have to take into account that it was not really a typical week. It was the beginning of school and no one had much homework to do yet. Everyone was excited to see each other again and that could have played a role in how often I went out and drank. Yet I ... other days I spent getting my responsibilities taken care of. JD had a cocktail party on Wednesday night, and it was nice to socialize after getting my homework done. I noticed the same people acting differently when they were drunk, but instead of frustrating me like the second week and laughing about it the first...

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Marijuana certainly is common, though it should not be. While people think it is great smoking, getting high, forgetting their problems, or even doing it just because their friends are, they do not realize the negative effects. Many times people only see the surface of what the drug does to you. They do not ... are the people that are going to school. They show up. They participate in class. They are smart students, but they do not pull their end when it comes to homework. Justin Worland from Time said, "The number of teenagers who smoke marijuana is on the upswing, and those who do smoke po...

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... 't feel the need to have to experience something before I judge it. I've seen what drugs have done to people around me Drugs killed my dad and I see what they are doing to my brother. I have lost so much because of drugs, I believe maybe if my dad was here today I could be better off, financially, physically, and emotionally. Some people say, "Yeah ... go to a daddy daughter dance, I will never be able to go to dad when moms mad at me, I will never be able to say "my dad helped me with my homework", My dad wont be there when I graduate, but most of all, Who's going to walk me down the is...

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... so bad that they even get high before school. Because use rates are up so much, acedemics are starting to be affected. Smoking daily makes students not want to do homework or study for an exam. Therefore these bad decisions are causing grades to slip drastically. Not only does using marijuana hurt academic performance, it also makes a person's lungs and body ... partying every weekend and drinking alcohol in the process. Drinking to them is considered recreational. These habitual drinkers do not realize that there are better activities to use ones time doing. Another example would be dr...

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