Red Ribbon by irena rutz

What are drugs? How do they affect us along with our body? These are a couple of questions we may ask ourselves along with others. This is a picture of four football players jumping in mid-air posing for the picture that is being taken with fast shutter speed. The only reason why these four have a jersey on with their name and football number is because drugs aren’t apart of their life at all, they are being successful in school, and hopefully looking towards getting a scholarship in what they love doing. If you find yourself in a problem situation, make an excuse to leave. Ask for support from other friends or adults if someone is really pressuring you to use drugs. Make new friends who respect your decision not to use drugs. Go to events that don't involve drugs.

There are so many reasons why we shouldn’t let drugs into our lives. I will list some of the main ones, Behavioral Problems, drugs can change a teen’s personality, instead of being easygoing or hardworking, drugs can make a person angry, bitter, and aggressive. This will most likely have an impact on relationships with parents, teachers, and others in authority. Next, Crime and Violence, teens on drugs may steal to support their drug habit or they may become involved with violence because of their mental impairment. Last, Brain Damage, not only do drugs and alcohol harm the body, but the brain can be negatively affected also, seizures, coma, and memory loss are all common among people who abuse drugs and alcohol. Mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia all go hand in hand with substance abuse in teens. Another important example on how drugs really do affect us is Health Problems, drugs and alcohol are toxic to the body and can cause things like liver and kidney failure, rapid heart rate, tremors, and irregular respiration. People commonly fall into addiction because they begin using drugs to mask particular emotions that they are going through. The abuse makes them feel good and forget about the problem at hand. Eventually they think they can't live without drugs. Prescription drugs, street drugs and alcohol are more available than ever. I hope you make the choice to say NO to drugs.