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Drugs and Alcohol

Divide Students

by Kristi Coan
Along with the long- "/ don't think "T don't think drugs are get-
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awaited freedoms of hi gh school ti ng more popul ar, but alcohol
came new responsibilities and new drugs are definitely is," freshman Dan
pressures. Peer pressure to use getting more Eriksen said.
alcohol and drugs influenced the popular, but Everyone handled situati ons
li ves of students every week. alcohol involving drugs differently.
"I hear more people talk- Some gave into the pressure while
ing about drugs then I used to and definitely is." oth ers used excuses in order to
--Dan Eriksen
it is supri sing how many people ...._ ________ _, get themselves out of uncomfort-
use them," junior Marcia Moseman said . able situations.
For some, the pressures to use drugs "My friends know that I don't dri nk,
were a new experience, but for others the issue and no one even offers it to me anymore,"
seemed to have always been aroun d. seni or Trisha Coan said. r

junior Eric Bah!
Hmm ... Do I think marijuana should Survey:
be legal or illegal?
Actually, I see both sides of this Should marijuana
issue. If they ever come up with a medicinal be legalized?
purpose for marijuana, then I think that it
should be legal for doctors to prescribe it to their patients.
People should not be forced to live with an illness that can Yes 35%
be cured with a drug that happens to be illegal.
However, when it comes to casual usage and
street sales, I think that marijuana use should be against No 65%
the law. There would be no possible way to control how it ~marijuam
was produced or what was being put in it to enhance its
effeCtS . photo by Michelle Lee be legalized?
-100 students surveyed

11~ Sophomores

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