Tobacco

No. Tobacco should not be legal. And for many reasons. First of all, using tobacco is terrible for your health. It screws up your lungs, heart, and many many other important parts of the body. So why in the world would you want to use it? You would basically be throwing your life away in a sense. Secondly, tobacco is not only bad for the person who actually uses it, but for the rest of the society. If someone, or a group of people smoke, the smoke lingers in the air for hours and other people, who aren't smoking, could inhale the smoke. And second-hand smoke is almost as bad as smoke that is directly inhaled. This means other non-smoking people could be affected by the smoke. Not only is tobacco unhealthy and gross, but so much money is spent on it. If people didn't use drugs they would be saving a lot more money. And that money could be used on useful items. All in all, using tobacco is really dumb. There are really no positives to doing drugs, exect maybe the temporary effect it may cause. But still, that's pretty lame and people should have better things to do with their time.

Too Young To Be a Dad

There are many pressures teens feel in their high school/college years, mainly high school. One of these pressures is sex. Both boys and girls can experience sexual pressure. Most of the sexual pressure for teenage boys, I think, would come from their friends or possibly media. As for girls, I think sexual pressure would come more from the guy they are dating and possibly their friends.

Teenagers have enough pressure as it is, and it is much worse if alcohol and/or drugs are introduced in a situation. If teens are in a tempting situation and have been drinking alcohol, using drugs, or both, the outcome would be a catastrophie. When people use drugs and alcohol their inhibitions are lowered, which causes people to do things they wouldn't normally do. In some cases, the outcome would be sex. Many things can happen after having sex such as preganancy, STD's, etc. With just one stupid decision, your life could be screwed up and ruined.

So, it is important to make wise decisions, and to do this you could use the Feeling/Acting Deciding method to help yourself come to a good choice. There are two ways to go about deciding: active and passive. Of the two, I feel active is a more practical, intelligent, and efficient way to make decions, since you decide which option you will choose and follow, whereas in the passive method, you would let things happen by themselves.

Legalizing Drugs

There has been much controversy on the issue of legalizing drugs and which drugs to legalize. Should we legalize all drugs, some, or absolutely none? I think certain prescribed drugs should still be legal. They are very helpful to people who need them, whether people are using them to help with a sickness, other medical reasons, etc. However, I do not think all drugs should be legal and available. Strong drugs such as marijuana, heroin, LSD, etc. should not be legal to use because they are very bad for yourself, others around you, and the environment, and they really do no good for your body. If all drugs were legalized, I think more people would feel inclined to do harder drugs. This would would be pretty bad if more people chose to do hard drugs. If more people did drugs, smoke would linger in the air and pollute it. Cigarette filters, as well as parts of other drugs, would fill up land fills and take a long time to disintegrate. And I'm not certain at all this would happen, but if all drugs were legalized and more people began using them, it would just make our country look ridiculous. The people of the Unites States would have a bad reputation and would not be thought of highly. This example is sort of an exaggeration of course, but I think the lagalization of all drugs is extremely dumb and I think there should still be some limits.

Environmental Pharmaceutical Polution

The improper disposal of pharmaceutical medication has a big impact of humans, animals, vegetation, and wildlife. A lot of the medication is being dumped, or washed into, our lakes, rivers, and streams. Then, then water that contains the newly added pharmaceuticals is being used for a number of things. For example, some fish are taking the chemicals into their bodies, so technically if a person ate a fish that came into contact with these chemicals they would be bringing the nasty chemicals into their body as well. Contaminated water may also be used to water our crops. Therefore, some of the food we eat may contain some of the hazardous chemicals...and we don't even realize it. There are numerous ways in which pharmaceuticals can escape into our environment and affect humans, animals, etc., but it needs to stop.

There are a few different ways in which to dispose pharmaceuticals safely and efficiently. You could return the excess medication to a pharmacy, and they will dispose of it properly for you. If there are no pharmacies that are located near you, you could remove the medicine from the original container and mix it with a waste material, such as used kitty litter, ashes, or coffee grounds. Then place the mixture in an impermeable container such as a sealable bag before discarding in the trash. :)