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My anti-drug is dance. Dance is very important to me because I've tried a lot of hobbies, but ballet has always been my favorite. I've worked really hard to be where I am in dance, so it means a lot to me. I dance five days a week for 3-4 hours, and it keeps me very busy. My anti-drug helps me stay away from using drugs because for one thing I am so busy from dance I don’t really have time for anything else. Secondly, I care about my accomplishments in dance way too much to mess all of it up to do drugs. Losing dance would be very devastating to me because it’s my favorite thing to do. Also, I would be embarrassing my studio and disappointing my ballet teachers and friends who mean the world to me.

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These are my pointe shoes I use for class. I worked really hard to be en pointe and these shoes are super expensive, and they are very important to me

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This is my friend Sarah and I. Sarah and I dance together, and without ballet I would have never met her.

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The drug I chose to research is marijuana.

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About 7%, or roughly 1 in 14 teens, report using marijuana in the past month.

About 1 in 6 people who start using as a teen, and 25-30 percent of those who use it everyday, become addicted to marijuana.

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Dizziness

Shallow Breathing

Red eyes and dilated pupils

Dry mouth

Increased appetite

Slowed reaction time

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Feelings of panic and fear (paranoia)

Hallucinations

Trouble concentrating

Decreased ability to perform tasks that require coordination

Decreased interest in completing tasks

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“Marijuana: Effects of Weed on Brain and Body.” LiveScience, Purch, 6 June 2017 web. 28 September 2017