Pubdate: Fri, 08 Apr 2016
Source: Delta Optimist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc
Contact:  http://www.delta-optimist.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1265
Author: Cecilia Tanner

TEENAGERS TOLD DOING DRUGS ISN'T COOL, IT'S JUST A WAY TO RUIN REST 
OF YOUR LIFE

Editor:

A friend just told me that their teenage granddaughter is addicted to drugs.

Drugs are "rife" in Tsawwassen, apparently.

The girl had a crush on her soccer pal's brother, a user, and he 
turned her onto drugs.

I told my son who has a teenage daughter about this and he says drugs 
are rife everywhere, and went on, "Do these kids wake up in the 
morning and say, 'Today I'm going to ruin the rest of my life?'" 
Boys: Any  can take drugs. The prisons are full of them. 
Drugs don't make you smarter/hip/more popular.

Girls: Boys and men will sweet talk you, get you drunk and give you 
drugs so they can use you, and sell your body if necessary. Say no 
and run for your lives.

Teenagers should wake up in the morning and say, "Today I am going to 
learn how to play tennis/grow vegetables/ride a paddle board and 
enjoy the rest of my life."

Cecilia Tanner
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom