Argumentative Essay On Recreational Drugs

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“Recreational drugs is a drug as (Cocaine, Marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive” (Merriam Webster). Many people believe that even if they do not do it all the time they will not get hooked. “In my 17 years of living i have seen and done things that an average person has not seen or done, for one i have seen someone get shot and killed just because they wanted to get money for these drugs” (Erick Fonseca).

There is many people in this world that say “do drugs like the cool kids”, but honestly it is the most stupid thing a person can do. These drugs might “help” you get over a day of stress
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“Oh i will do this only once and that is it i am done”; but honestly does it ever cross their mind that once they take that drug they are just going to say the same thing every time they do it. Because once they do it they are going to just want more and more but they will never admit that they are hooked/addicted. It is the same thing with Marijuana, they say that it is not addicting; but why is it that some people cannot go a day without smoking it? Some people say “i’m not addicted it is just a habit of mine”, which sounds really funny when they say it because they have formed an addicting …show more content…
With the young generation that is upcoming in the world majority of the people are with drugs or drinking. There are adults who have drug addictions and that affects their ability to find a job or if they had one, then be able to hold a job.

The risk that we adults face is the fact that our child and maybe even our grandchildren will be the ones who have the most trouble with our drug useage. They will be the ones who have to rebuild the things that we have destroyed. There are teenagers who have kids now and they are addicted to drugs and they are unable to provide for them so they rely on other people such as family members or even maybe a close friend.

The problems we have is that in some places it is legal for marijuana to be sold and smoked so it is becoming easier for young teenagers and maybe even some children to get ahold of this drug. Then this could affect the child’s behavior and social skills. With the large abundance of drug availability it is too easy for young people to get ahold of it. If you were to have bad health issues in your body it would be to easy for the drug to make you have a heart attack, or even in some cases

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