... . The use and addiction of drugs can happen to anyone. Whether they are rich, poor, black or white it happens. It happens to athletes. Even people who are in great physical and mental shape are not safe from drug addiction (Peck 14-15). Society today is greatly influenced by drugs. Not only can drugs benefit the society but also they can ... stems out from drugs and that one police officer fighting drugs is killed every fifty-seven hours. Then there is cocaine, which is the most addictive drug that changes brain chemistry. Cocaine, which comes from the leaves of the coca plant, is used i...

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