Just Say No

2 Pages 435 Words

The DARE Program taught me I have the right to be drug-free and safe. If someone is telling me to use drugs, I just say "NO" ! Deputy Cotrill taught me different ways to handle peer pressure. I can ignore the person, avoid the places where drugs will be used, or I can also change the subject.
I have learned that drugs can give you cancer, lung disease and gum disease. Drugs can even cause blackouts, poor memory, and slow reflexes. Drugs are not only marijuana, or pills. Alcohol, and cigarettes are also drugs.
Some people use drugs because they want to get back at a parent, or need to feel "cool", or they don't feel good about themselves. I know I can stay drug-free because I don't need drugs to be "cool". Drugs will only ruin my future and stop me from being the person I want to be.
Drugs don't solve problems, they make new ones. If I use drugs, I will do bad in school, and then I won't be able to go to college. If I can't go to college, then I can't be a veterinarian. I can not drink or do drugs because I might hurt one of the animals, or maybe kill one, and that would be very sad.
I learned that problems can be worked out by talking instead of using violence. If I have a problem with a friend, I will talk to them and try to work it out, or I can get the help of a peer mediator. If violence is used, someone may get hurt and the problem only gets worse. It is important to stay drug-free and not use violence, because if you don't, you might get hurt or even killed.
I think the D.A.R.E. program is a great for young people. Older people and high school kids aren't the only ones who use drugs. The younger kids need this program so that when we do get older, we can "just say no" to drugs and violence. I also think that this program would help kids younger than me, because some of them see drugs and violence in their own homes while they are really little.
I promise my family, classmates, teachers, community and my churc...