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Hello. I am LCpl Pearson with the Midwest Central Young Marines. The Young Marines is a youth organization for kids promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. It is important to us to learn about drugs and how they affect our life. There are two categories of drugs. There are Stimulants and Depressants. Stimulants are drugs that speed your body up. Depressants are drugs that slow your body down. Types of stimulants can be cigarettes, marijuana, and cocaine. Stimulants may also be called uppers because they speed your body up. Alcohol is the most common depressant. Depressants are also called downers, for they slow your body down. Drugs can and will destroy your life. When you do drugs a variety of medical issues can happen to you. For example, heart problems, emphysema, cancer, breathing problems and damage to the nose, throat, mouth, brain and more. Once you start, these symptoms start. It’s hard to stop and you will always have the scars, you’ll be scared for life. Drugs will occur anywhere. It could be somewhere you go a lot. It could be at school, at home, at play or when you’re just walking around. You could be offered by anyone. It could be by some one you trust and love or some one you don’t know. It could be by your neighbor, sibling, friend or acquaintance. When this happens you should always say NO. No matter what NO should be your answer. Some people think that drugs are their way out. They have problems and they think drugs will help. They start drugs because they are hurting inside and they think it drugs are their only way to escape the pain that burns inside of them. Some one in their live may have past away and they are hurting. They believe deep down drugs are the only way to feel better to make the pain go away. If you believe that then the drugs will eat at you and the pain will never go away. The pain of problems in our lives is much weaker than the great pain of dugs, drugs that eat at you until it eventually kills you. Drugs are never the answer to your problems, never. When you get sucked into drugs, they ruin you for life. When you star they scar you. It hurts more if some one close to you gets you stuck on drugs. They change every thing. You are addicted from the moment you start. Drugs aren’t the answers to your problems and they never will be. Don’t ruin your life with drugs, stay drug-free. You know what they can do now, it is up to you. How are you going to live your life? |
