Drug abuse is a major problem in life today. Teens have started to use drugs at a too young of an age. Drugs can ruin anyone’s lives who use them. It’s not a smart choice to begin to use drugs. The user of the drug will get addicted to them. A lot of young people will use drugs or alcohol to see what the pleasurable effects of drugs are, and to fit in with friends, or the “cool” people. I think that when teens start to use drugs, when they’re older they will keep on using them. They will become addicted.

Alcoholic beverages are actually one of the most commonly abused drugs in a lot of states. According to World Book 2006, people who keep on using drugs affect their thinking, movement and concentration. Usually when drug abusers do sports, they may mess up the sport, losing something that is meaningful to them.

Drugs are not safe. I would just like to have people be aware of what they are doing to themselves, what they are putting inside their body. I think that parents should talk to their kids to let them know, to make them aware of what drugs do to them.

Julia Rathbun