... and organ crashes. The vehicle crash is obviously when a person's vehicle has impact with someone or something. The body crash is when the person driving the vehicle and the body is going the same speed as the vehicle has impact with something in the vehicle or is thrown from the vehicle into ... would include these factors: • Age: 2 target age groups of 14-18 and 18-20 • Costs: I believe having this prevention program offered as school credit to high schools and colleges is an excellent way to get kids and young adults to come to this class. I believe the cost should be covered in ....

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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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... complex motor skills. "Marijuana can cause difficulty speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving and forming concepts. Judgment of speed and time are impaired by this substance also making driving hard and more hazardous (parentingteens.com)." In one study more than 1,000 accident victims at a shock trauma unit were tested. Thirty five percent were found to have detectable levels of ... which they go through. Some try to fit in while others are trying to create their own individual personality. Teens spend more time at school then at home; therefore,...

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... me more alert which contributes to my enjoyment of every day actions. Some smokers get so addicted that they feel as if they have to do everything high. Going to school is not something that I think should be done while high yet there are people that do it. When friends get high on a regular basis there are certain issues that only ... spontaneous motor activity in the body is decreased, which is stated by the book, Drugs and the Mind, marijuana seems to make a high person feel goofy and at times uncoordinated. Driving under the influence of weed is possible but is hazardous because the...

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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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