Drugs And Alcohol In High School

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My former elementary and middle school would dedicate one week out of the school year, to inform students on the effects of drugs and alcohol, and how it can damage not only our life but the life of people that surround us. Each year they would give us a petition to sign that states “we promise not to do any drugs or alcohol and that we would not fall into peer pressure. “ As a child I never took the topic serious, it was until I got older and realize that my elementary/ middle school was only preparing us for the worst. It was not until I lost my uncle through a drug addiction, which is when I realized this topic cannot be handled lightly. Drugs and alcohol is a very serious topic; there are about 20,000 people who die from drugs, 85,000 people

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