It doesn't matter if the addict is you or a family member, a friend, or even someone that you don't even know who does drugs. Drug abuse has an effect on all lives, directly or even indirectly. Even though you or a friend might start taking drugs moderately, you will gradually use more and more. .
That is where my story comes in. When I was 15 years old and back in junior high, one of my friends was "into" illegal drugs. This one friend (I will exclude her name and just call her friend) kept insisting that I try marijuana. She would say that it would make me feel good, relaxed, and forget about situations that were troubling me. But I realized that after the effect of the drug, the problem would still be there and now even bigger because now I was sampling the drug. .
I would always change the subject, because I didn't care much about trying this illegal drug. I didn't even want to experiment with that one drug because I knew that once I tried it I would probably get addicted to it. I've had seen so many drug addicts at school and near my neighborhood that it terrified me to even think about taking any type of illegal drug.
I cared very much for my friend and was afraid to lose her friendship, so finally, I decided to try the drug just to fit in, just so I wouldn't lose my ten-year friendship. We were at her house and her parents were away for the weekend. She invited me for a sleep over and my parents gave me permission to go for that one weekend. That is when I tried marijuana for the first time. It was an experiment I will never forget because as soon as I smoked it, I was coughing and coughing, and I had to run into the bathroom, I started throwing up and throwing up. I threw up for about approximately ten minutes. After I had finished throwing up I told her not to even come near me with that drug ever again. .
The good thing about trying marijuana was that I didn't like it.