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Red Ribbon week is this month, but the idea of finding your natural high in life should be a focus all year, every year.  At first wearing a red ribbon was a way to honor a Kiki Camerena who lost his life in the line of duty fighting drug related crime.  Teachers and parents realize that teens face many challenging situations and that you need to be ready to handle them and comfortable asking for help when you need it.  Please take some time to browse at one or more of the following web site to learn about how you can stay drug free.  After you have learned something new return to this blog and post a freindly letter to your peers encouraging them to be drug free, how to refuse drugs and why they should be drug free.  Your letter could include a poem or song to make your point, but the letter should be in letter format, with a date, greeting, message (writtten in complete words and complete sentences) a closing and your name. 
 
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  • Vic Pena

    being drug free is great! just as long as you have friends, its easier to be drug free. never forget that friends can get you through alot of things.Love can get through the worst horrors. Never Forget!

    10/16/2009 2:36:30 PM
  • Lauren Heffker

    10-16-09
    Dear Ms. Ball,

    My peers should be drug free because that paves the way for a brighter future, and ensures that your mind won't be destroyed by the powerful clutches of drugs. You have to be smart and strong enough to say no. You have to save yourself, and avoid going under the influence, or you lose your grip on sanity, and become powerless against them. You get sucked in, and can't get out. You are brainwashed. Drugs use your strengths against you. You can go to college and get a secure job, without the effects of drugs. You see it happen to other people, but what will you do when it happens to you? All you have to do to refuse drugs is to say no. Voice your protest, and make sure the offerer gets your message. You are in control of your own life. Be drug free, and you'll be glad that you aren't one of those stoned, homeless, and uneducated people who roam the streets. Being drug free is exactly what it says: you are free, free from harmful drugs!!!


    10/16/2009 2:54:28 PM
  • Timothy pixberg

    Dear. Mrs. Ball

    My friends and the peaple around me should be drug free because if you are on drugs youy cant concentrate on anything at all. You loose sight of things your grads will start to drop and you will not be able to participate in sports and you will not be able to do all the things that you used to be able to do. Your apearance and the way you act will also change and you wont be able to sleep.
    You should stay drug free because the drugs could kill you. You should also stay drug free because peaple will like to be around you more than if you were on drugs.
    Thats why you should stay drug free.




    Sincerly
    your student Timothy Pixberg

    10/27/2009 3:22:51 PM
  • Madeline Jordan

    Dear Mrs. Ball,

    Not just my peers, but everyone should be drug free. It messes you up badly and it ruins you forever. Just Say NO!!!! Drugs kill you. No matter what you are taking it will kill you. Except when your doctor perscibes them to you. I hope that is enough of a reason for you to just say no.

    10/27/2009 3:23:04 PM
  • Catherine Ricau

    "People think they're being cool, But taking drugs breaks all the rules. They soon find out it's better to be Drug free and healthy, just like me. When you take drugs, you can't think or play, And you may not see another day. Stay drug free and use your head-- Don't let yourself be misled!"
    -Tristen Vincent
    --Catherine Ricau

    10/27/2009 4:32:41 PM
  • Taylor Kravet

    Dear Ms. Ball

    Hi there. Being drug free and staying that way is probably the sencond best choice you can make. There are so many innocent people out there who suffer from drugs and i feel bad for them anad i wish i could help them. As if you didn't know, drugs can ruin your life in soooooooooo many ways. It effects whether you get your dream job or house, it effects your friends and people all around you and it definitely effects YOU. Staying drug free is the way to go. Be smart. Be safe. Be YOU.

    -Taylor Kravet

    10/28/2009 9:28:03 PM
  • Catherine Ricau

    i honestly think drugs are the dumbest things on this earth! It's stupid to buy and and use the drugs! wWll, i can promise you that i will never do drugs!
    -Catherine

    10/29/2009 3:27:19 PM
  • Courtney England

    Drugs are realy harmful to your body. Thats why I don't under stand why they do it. They know that it's gonna happen but they don't like to pay the consaquences.

    10/29/2009 3:30:13 PM
  • sean cousins

    Most people start taking drugs because they thinck it's cool. Others were pressured into it. They thinck nothing bad can happen. But that's a lie. A ton can happen. They could do something stupid and ruin there reputation. If there a skater they might messup on a trick and get hurt. Or they might overdose and kill them self. Those are the reasons I will never do drugs.

    10/29/2009 3:30:46 PM
  • Brett Lewis

    Dear Mrs Ball,

    I think everyone should be drug free in our world. This stuff that people think is "cool" its really not. This stuff can hurt you really bad or possibly kill you. If someone offers you it just say no. Its that easy. You should also walk away. People who offer you these things are not your friend. If you have a friend that does this stuff dont ever hang out with them. Once you are around them when they are doing it you will want to try,so never go by them. Never do drugs and always be healthy and active.


    Your Student,
    Brett Lewis

    10/29/2009 3:31:37 PM
  • cullen glynn

    I think everyone should be drug free in our world.because Drugs are bad for you.It messes you up badly and it ruins you forever.Thats why you should stay drug free.

    10/29/2009 3:32:44 PM
  • kendrick marquez

    look kids u should not do drugs. You can get addicted from the first time or even die. do you want to die already. You could go to jail for a couple for years and im pretty sure that u have a dream to fulfill later on in life. So stay away from drugs b/c they arent good for you. Peace kids.

    10/29/2009 3:34:23 PM
  • Ryan Adams

    Drugs are why people die in the world. Do you want to kill someone? If you don't, don't do drugs. It's as simple as that.

    10/29/2009 3:35:43 PM
  • lauren Gros

    I think that being drug free is very important. Many teenagers die from taking drugs. Most of the resons teens take drugs are because they want to releave stress or they have a hard life

    11/2/2009 2:23:16 PM
  • Michael Raymond

    Dear Ms. Ball,

    I think drugs are bad for your body and will never get you anywhere in your life. I think that drugs are the worse thing you could possibly do to yourself, family and friends. Those who stand by you and support you in your decision not to do drugs are your true friends. If you dont want to ruin your life than "JUST SAY NO"!

    11/3/2009 6:08:28 PM
  • Michael Raymond

    Dear Ms. Ball,

    I think that drugs are the worst thing that anyone could ever do. If you do drugs not only will it hurt you but it will effect your family and friends. Doing drugs will not help you succed in life. The people that support you in your choice not to do drugs, are your true friends. If anyone offers you drugs.....


    JUST SAY NO!

    Your Student,
    Michael Raymond

    11/3/2009 6:33:27 PM
  • nic yeager

    drugs are a bad habbit in times of great depresion or just a bad econemy people get so depressed that they dont know were to go so they just do drugs and keep doing drugs because once you dont one you do one more and then one more and it keeps goin its caalled an addiction and its not good for you a beautiful girl can turn into some one youve seen but u cant reconize them because of what these drugs do too you they tear down brain cells and they keep taring them down and you just get dumber and dumber and weaker and weaker you just cant do it this is what drugs do to you and once akll your brain cells r goin one day your soo tired and you never wake up it something to think about you dont wanna turn out like thoose people who trie to do that. Because in the end it doesnt make you a better person, or it doesnt make you cool it just makes you look like an idiot there will be one time in your life you get a choice like this and hopefully you make the choice that will be with you forever and thats to say no and when you say that they ask everyone else it just makes them look stupid and if you see drugs from your friends and you at there house just leave because if the cops come everyone thats bye it gets caught it doesnt matter if you didnt do it, your around it and drugs can just do bad thinks to people that will haunt them for the rest of your life just listen and JUST SAY NO!!!

    11/3/2009 8:05:23 PM
  • Joshua Planchard

    Drugs lead to death anger issuse mental dissorders and you will loose all of your friends.

    11/4/2009 3:27:33 PM
  • Lauren Gros

    I think that being drug free is the most important thing in a teenagers life. I think that all teens should be drug free. When you do drugs you lose so many opportunitys in your life.

    11/4/2009 7:22:13 PM
  • Michael Raymond

    Dear Ms. Ball

    I think that drugs are the worst thing anyone could do to their bodies. Doing drugs not only effects yourself but also your family and friends. By doing drugs you are hurting your chances for a bright future. Also those who support your decision not to do drugs are your true friends. So if you are asked to do drugs remember........
    JUST SAY NO!
    Your Student,
    Michael Raymond

    11/5/2009 7:10:22 AM
  • Lauren Gros

    I think that being drug free is the most important thing in a teens life. If you do drugs at a young age you miss out on so many great opportunities.

    11/5/2009 2:07:34 PM
  • Thomas Duthu

    drug free world for life in the future. we ALL need to be drug free!

    11/5/2009 3:43:53 PM
  • hunter bastion

    Drugs are the nastiest thing. they are so bad for you. If you do drugs you can kill yourself and you can kill other people. once you start you get hooked and it will be really hard to stop.

    11/6/2009 2:53:52 PM
  • Anthony Calabresi

    Dear Mrs. Ball
    I have took the time and looked at some websites and saw that in high school 79 percent of African Americans who smoke ,smoke menthol cigarettes.Ive looked at some pictures of people on drugs and it really looks bad,compared to other people that dont do drugs
    .Ive also learnrd that coicane goes strait to the brain ,which makes you feel like you have a boast of energy.

    Sincerly,
    Anthony

    11/10/2009 5:40:18 PM
 

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