Drug abuse is the use of drugs, or the abuse of over the counter drugs as well as the drugs. Marijuana is the most common abused drug in America today, people would use this plant to simulate their brain cells, in other words to get 'high'. My opinion among drug abuse is that using drugs for non medical reason is stupendous. Abusing drugs could cause harm to someone and and the others around them. Using drugs could harm ones body, and the way that the brain functions, it will cause them to become lazier and they would participate less in outside activities. The people who smoke who have smoked marijuana would most likely say that it gave them a nice feeling, others who have only experienced it once would say they were scared, the drug is not so strong, it is still quite effective to the human brain. Drug abuse is a common topic today, some people are for drug abuse others are against. A lot of people would not understand why so many people in American today become so addicted to drugs so easily. Sometimes drug abusers, take drugs that affects the brains, and the drug causes the brain to make it harder to quit the drug even when a person has already quit smoking. Most Drugs contain chemicals that travels to the brain and messes with the nerve cells, and it also makes it more difficult for the brain to process the information that is given to them. Some drugs have a similar way to cause disruption to the brain, they all mess with the receptor and nerve cells, and they would not receive any of the messages, and they can not send out information to the rest of a human body. If a person continues to abuse drugs, the brain will adapt to the drug, and it will make it harder for you to quit. Long term drug abusers causes changes to the brains system and circuits. Most people who have done the drug in their life time, get addicted to the drug while others don't, it all just depends on how much you intake, and the environment you are in. The use of drugs in my opinion is not right, it should not even be thought of it the first place, knowing that a lot of people are so addicted, and seeing them change shows that being in that life is not the correct life to live. Drug abusers who have become so addicted to drugs, have changed in so many different ways, especially if it was ones close friends. When looking at a friend use a drug, would it not hurt to see them waste their life away? Marijuana, like said before is the common most abused drug in America. Marijuana is a dry, shredded mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves off of one plant. Most addicts would smoke it as if it were a cigarette or they would take the substance and place them in a pipe and smoke it. Abusing Marijuana can result in memory loss, the way the brain functions with learning, and social behavior. It will also interfere with school, family, and most importantly life. Users of this substance would say that smoking marijuana is for their medical concern, but scientists today said that smoking marijuana is not recommend for treatment of any diseases or conditions. I believe that the only reason why most teenagers abuse this drug is because of peer pressure, or because they just like the feeling that is given to them, but most importantly the media portrays of this drug as 'cool' and teenagers are influenced by their friends, society, and the media. Buying or using the drug is illegal, but still everyone still does it knowing that they could go to jail for it. Signs of marijuana use are all common, they will show a sign of dizziness, mood swings for no reason at all, the need to eat, and most importantly if their eyes are blood shot red. Drug Abuse in America is something big, there are other drugs out there that are being abused right at this moment, such as heroin, substance abuse, and cocaine are all common. An estimation of 12.8 million Americans intakes illegal drugs today. Ninety percent of that have all used the common drug, marijuana. This has always been a controversial topic ever since the debating when the phrase came out "war on drugs" in 1971 to describe federal governments efforts on drug trade and usage in the united states as well as other countries. Many Americans would consider drug use to be a personal choice, which it is but it is really not a hobby. A lot of debating have occurred on legalizing the common drug, marijuana. The person who is taking the drug is just as wrong as the person who sold the drugs, they are both ruining their careers, and they will also ruin their lives. My opinion on drug abuse will always remain the same, the people who have used the drugs are wasting their life away for a feeling that will only last for a couple of minutes. Drug abusers would never think about their life, and how they are risking it. Would they think about how a good feeling for a couple of minute is worth losing many years of life. Drug abuse, and drug users will give others the impression that they are 'cooler' then the ones who does not intake the drugs. A lot of Americans would say that drug abuse is not their problem, they all have an opinion but are too afraid to show it. Drug Abuse is wrong in general, it is against God's will, and it is surely against what families would want for their children. Just because you are smoking marijuana it does not make you cooler then others. One day in the future when a drug abuser is still highly addicted to drugs, the ones that does not do the drug would have a higher chance of being successful.

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