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Dumb Decisions by: Melanie Tretsven Have you ever questioned why people take drugs, drink alcohol, and smoke? Are they pressured into it? Are they really ignorant about the effects of drugs, alcohol, and smoking? Choosing to smoke or not is a life or death decision! And, in my opinion, I'm pretty certain that living is way better than being dead... so don't take the cigarette from that one person who offers you one! I think this is a pretty good reason not to smoke. Smoking causes lung cancer, breathing problems, and, sadly, often death. The worst part, though, (this is the reason why people can't stop smoking) is the nicotine. Nicotine tells your body that you need more. To me, it's as addictive as the Hunger Games books! And to my mom, it's as addictive as Dunn Bros coffee! Now that's pretty addictive. In almost every TCM movie my mom and I watch, there are people smoking in it. Back then, people smoked because they thought it would make them cool and everyone would like them. They were ignorant about the effects of smoking. To them, it was just another regular everyday thing in their lives. Smoking tobacco can also change your appearance (what you look like). It can dry out your skin and cause wrinkles, and it can also yellow teeth and give you bad breath. I wouldn't want to hang out with you at lunch with that bad breath. Yuck! Sometimes people break the law by smoking and drinking under age. That, my friend, would not get you on the officer's good side. I wouldn't go against them and take that risk. Following the really shouldn't be that hard. Getting drunk doesn't solve all your problems, either. Confess your problems and get all that dead, useless, stressful weight off your back and you will feel a million times better. No, a billion times better. In fact, all of that weight sometimes causes people to drink, smoke, or take drugs because they think it will help them, but instead adds on more weight to the pile. Why do people take drugs? There are good drugs and bad drugs. People take good drugs for a certain reason. Like if they are sick, they will take good drugs to feel better. Other reasons why people take good drugs are because of medical issues, mental issues, and, when they can't sleep, for a good night sleep. One question remains, why do people take bad drugs? That, I'm afraid, I cannot answer. Could you tell me sometime? I would gladly like to stop people of taking bad drugs for no apparent reason. It could help the people of the world from dying so often. I could actually just look it up by myself. Maybe in the DARE book.