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All drugs are addictive

• Marijuana can be smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea. It can be detected in your system for up to 3 weeks.

• Weekly users have double the risk of depression and are 3 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts.

• A joint has 4 times the cancer-causing tar than 1 cigarette

• USE IT AND YOU’LL GO TO JAIL

• Possession of 30 grams of marijuana or 8 grams of hashish carries a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail. Have an ounce or more and you could find yourself in jail for up to a year and a $5,000 fine.

• SELL IT AND YOU’LL GO TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME

• People selling marijuana can get anywhere from five to 10 years in jail and a fine of $15,000 to $100,000.

Methamphetamine is a synthetic, man-made drug made by mixing the over-the- counter cold medication pseudoephedrine with items such as industrial solvents, household cleaners, paint thinner, automobile brake cleaner, rubbing alcohol and ammonia.

Ecstasy, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as MDMA, mixes the hallucinogenic effects of LSD with the stimulant effects of methamphetamine.

Drugs like GHB and Rohypnol are colorless, odorless and tasteless and are often slipped into a victim’s drink without their knowledge.

Crack, which is made by cooking water, baking soda and cocaine, is smoked, free-based (smoked with addition of solvents) or melted and injected.• When smoked, crack affects the heart and brain in as little as 6 to 10 seconds and can instantly kill by disrupting the brain’s electrical messages and heart rhythms. Most die of respiratory failure, heart attacks or strokes.

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