... 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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... 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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... been rising every year since the first survey in 1972. The second program that the National Institute on Drug Abuse used to collect information was called the National High School Senior Survey. The surveying of drug abuse by high school seniors was thought to be a conservative, yet reliable, indication of future drug trends among the adolescent population. The results of the High ... Survey mirrored those of the National Household Survey on Drug Use. Not only does this report show the changing trends in drug use by high school seniors, but it also shows their attitudes and beliefs abou...

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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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... 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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... 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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