We asked several students why they felt drugs are such a major problem for our generation. Here are some of the best responses we received.

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I think that teens have a lot of addictions to drugs because they have friends who influence them. Some have issues and sadness in their lives, and they take them so they can forget things.

— Junior Ezequiel Soria

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I think it’s because it’s become more of a popular thing, and if you do it you seem cooler and you’re more like everyone else, and everyone wants to fit in.

— Senior Hailey Troppy

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I think drugs have affected teenagers because of peer pressure. They get into it and become addicted.

— Junior Tania Hernandez

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