Why Are Teens Doing Drugs?|青少年为何吸毒？ “When I was 15, a guy I knew raped me. I turned to my friends for support, but they accused me of lying! I was devastated2. I needed to relieve my pain, and I thought drugs were the answer. I found that smoking weed3 made me feel secure and loved, but when the high4 wore off5, I felt even more empty, lost and alone. I thought the solution was to do more drugs, so I started using harder drugs like cocaine and Ecstasy6. One night, I was smoking pot7 at my boyfriend’s house. We had a fight and I stormed out and drove off. That’s the last thing I remember. When I regained consciousness8, there were paramedics9 over me and lights flashing. I’d smashed into a telephone pole. I suffered shock and a concussion10, but my doctors said I was lucky to be alive—the crash could’ve killed me. The crash cost me nearly $10000! But I got a second chance at life. I quit drugs, and I look forward to my future—because now I have a future.” —Stephanie, 18 FACT: “Life’s tough enough without a drug addiction,” says Howard Simon, spokesman for Partnership for a Drug-Free America. “Drugs just add more problems to the pile.”
“I didn’t think drugs were a big deal.” “My mom started abusing drugs when I was in fourth grade, so when a friend offered me weed in seventh grade, it didn’t seem wrong to try it. Pot made me feel distant from my misery at hom
