People take drugs because they want to change something in their lives.

Here are some of the reasons young people have given for taking drugs:

    To fit in
    To escape or relax
    To relieve boredom
    To seem grown up
    To rebel
    To experiment

They think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become the problem.

Difficult as it may be to face one’s problems, the consequences of drug use are always worse than the problem one is trying to solve with them. The real answer is to get the facts and not to take drugs in the first place.
MAKE SURE OTHERS GET THE FACTS

These pages of drugfreeworld.org are based on the content of thirteen easy-to-read booklets in The Truth About Drugs booklet series. They are free and can be ordered here as a set or individually. You can give them to friends, family and others.