These days adolescents who use drugs, including alcohol, do so because they like the feeling of what the drugs do to their brain. ... Drugs of abuse also boost dopamine levels. ... Pupils are given information about tobacco, alcohol, solvents and controlled drugs and are taught how to refuse offers of drugs. ... ADOLESENTS TAKE DRUGS BECAUSE THEY ARE BORED SENSELESS! The solution to this problem is to stop banning the interesting things that adolescent would do if they weren't in such an oppressive society. ...

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The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. ... The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. ... Just following the turn of the century, a new climate of temperance swept the nation and in 1914 Congress passed the Harrison Act, banning opiates and cocaine, and the prohibition of alcohol soon followed in 1918, making the U.S. officially a "dry" nation. ... Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extrem...

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However, during the 1930's, the plant's favor began to fall as petrochemical plants lobbied for the plant to become illegal in order to reduce competition (Conrow 8), and despite objections from the American Medical Association and the pharmaceutical industry, the cultivation and consumption of the plant was finally banned in 1937 by the Marijuana Tax Act. However, this is not the only reason marijuana was banned. What few people fail to realize is that this and other drugs were banned by the fault of racial intolerance. ... In 1962, a White House drug conference described the hazard...

• Word Count: 3551
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate