This is Normal Right?

"But it is in every song, it is in every book, it is in every movie. It is okay to have a little sip. It is okay to only take one hit. I won't become addicted. I am a teen I'm supposed to experiment. Come on lets try this. All my friends are doing it."
But it isn't in every song if you think about it. Those are the movies. It isn't okay to have a little sip, you could be starting a broken path. That one hit is what made you want more, and more. You will want to do it again. You are a teen, and your supposed to live past those years, your supposed to make friendships, learn, and have fun. Just because all your friends chose to make a zero on a test would you want that zero?
Today in society every teen is starting to grow up faster than we need to. I have been one to be apart of these sayings above. Just because all of my "friends" are doing it I think I have to. The truth is I don't neither do you. If those people were really your friends they would be taking you away from all of that, telling you that it isn't good. There is much better choices you could make. Your friends would tell you how they feel about your choices, they wouldn't go along with your bad choices. Your friends would be friends. They would be your mom when you need it, then they would be your friend most of the time.
Here are some alarming statistics about teen drug and alcohol use,
10% of 8th graders say they have drank in the past 30 days
26% of 10th graders say they have drank in the past 30 days
39% of 12th graders say they have drank in the past 30 days.
13% of 10th graders say they have been drunk.
26% of 12th graders say they have been drunk.
71% of kids say they drank at a unsupervised party
65% of kids say they steal alcohol from family members
In Tennessee alone
257 driving fatalities had alcohol involved
36 under age alcohol impaired driving deaths
25559 total arrest for DUI's
20339 total of arrest for drinking
38% of high school students who have used drugs ever

I have a youtube video that will explain in a little bit better form of how it ruins lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFh6T2w4KFw

Have a awesome week
Charley Johnson