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My dream is to become a teacher. I wanna get into forensics. To be a physician assistant
or a nurse practitioner. To be a musician, and one day open up my own studio. I'd like
to work in business. I wanna get into college. I want to major in broadcast journalism. I
have friends who can do so much with their lives. If have friends that are trying to
pressure you to start smoking, clearly they're not your true friends. I have this one friend,
he had scholarships, recruits lined up for him, he had a whole future ahead of him, there
was a surprise drug test, and he got tested for marijuana and alcohol in his system, his
whole future just crashed down. I don't want to end up like that, like, I have dreams.
I've been offered cigarettes, I've been offered marijuana. Take a shot of something, or smoke.
You're always gonna be surrounded by people who do do it. Sometimes they might ask me,
"oh, y'know it's just your first time, you might do it once" and I think about it, and
I tell them "no." I'm an athlete and I have the confidence to be like, no, I don't smoke,
and I don't drink. So first, you say no like you mean it. You don't have to like give them
a speech. Cuz if you say it like you're not sure, they might tempt you. I would pretend
like I had to go to the bathroom. My parents are calling me I have homework to do. I'm
allergic to it. You use examples: I want to play sports. I just say no, give them a dirty
look, and then walk away. I say no and then I just, step out the room. You don't have
to make a big deal out of it. The best thing to do is just remove yourself, and then you're
not tempted by it. What do you have to be doing to stand up for what you think is best?
You do not need drugs to make you cool, or popular in high school. Your friends should
be there to help you, and to protect you, to motivate you to get better not motivate
you to start something that could, in the long run, kill you. You find your own group
of friends, and you have them accept you for who you are, and you try to make the best
decision you can because that'll only help you in your future, and that's all that matters.