I am a 13-year-old girl and I choose not to take drugs. Why? Some are family reasons and the other is facts why I won't do it. Let's start with the family reasons. I had a cousin once and he got into drugs and alcohol. It really ruins him for awhile. Then when my grandma was going to kick him out because of that he decided to change. Now he is eight years clean and goes to places and makes speeches to people on why to quit. There are many side effects to drugs. Ones that affect your brain, behavior, your life, and many other ones. If I want to do well in school I cannot do drugs. They affect your brain by interfering with the ways neurons normally send, receive, and process information. Some activate neurons. So teenage girls already
