• Someone who smokes five joints per week is taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes every day.
• Marijuana not only causes problems with memory and learning, it can also increase your chance of having a heart attack.
• Teens who drink before age 15 are four times more likely to become alcoholics than those who begin drinking at age 21.
• Smoking kills half a million Americans every year, making tobacco more deadly than all other drugs combined. Teen smokers are more likely to have panic attacks and depression.
• Smokers have a dulled sense of taste and smell, low energy for exercise and sports, and they smell like smoke. After smoking for a long time, smokers’ skin ages faster and their teeth turn brown.
• Ecstasy use can ultimately damage your memory, appetite and mood.
• “Huffing” or sniffing household chemicals can cause your heart to stop or you can suffocate from the fumes, even if you just try it once.
