Maybe you’re being pressured to smoke marijuana. Doesn’t it sound cool? Well getting memory loss, not being able to focus, having bad reflexes, and not being able to judge time or distance doesn’t sound cool to me. Oh, and smoking in more tar than if you’re smoking tobacco doesn’t seem like fun. And, marijuana is illegal in The United States. So be cool and DON’T smoke! Drugs aren’t cool but neither is alcohol. You could loose your coordination, have slow reflexes, loose your self control, have poor judgment, have memory loss, and have slurred speech. Alcohol goes straight to your blood stream so all that stuff happens pretty quick. And besides, we think teens are cool and most don’t drink beer or alcohol. So it’s not actually that cool. Plus, I’m not 21 and you’re probably not either, so its illegal for us to drink beer or alcohol. But like I said most, cool people don’t drink anyway.

One way you can trust your friends not to do drugs or drink alcohol is to tell them the effect it will have on their bodies. Then they’ll know and won’t think it’s fun. Your friends probably think you’re cool and if you don’t smoke tobacco or marijuana or drink they won’t think it’s cool. Which means they won’t do drugs or drink.

You should also know violence is never the answer. Violence hurts people and their lives. Bullying doesn’t sound like violence but it sort of is. Bullying is also a type of pressure. And if you do bully people, you won’t have any friends because no one likes a bully.

After all I’ve learned I realize that no matter what kind of pressure I go through I have to stand up for myself. This means that I, Nicole Thill, promise not to fall into bad peer pressure. I also promise not to do drugs like tobacco or marijuana, or drink alcohol until I’m 21. I also will try to tell everyone that I know who wants to do drugs the effect it will have on their bodies. I will not bully other people either. That’s my promise.