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Co11ege Drinking Experiences Examine your oⅥ

`n fee"ngs about alCohol use by ansvvering these questions,

1,VVhy do you think people use alcohol?

2,VVhat do you think the minimum age to lega"y drink alCohol should be,and why?

3. Do you knoⅥ `people who drink onIy to get drunk?

Have you ever suspected any ofyourfriends or acquaintances of being alcoho"Cs?

VVhy?Did you d0anything aboutit?

E仟orts to alter one’ s states of ConsCiousness through the use of alcohoI or other drugs

are found in alrnost every culture.Why do y0u think this is the Case?

responsibilⅡ es thε It dru莎 prc’vⅡeis1ikely to make it even harder to l狄 er de狃 with

those responsibⅡ ities— wThich are止 going to gO away.

Not all illeg破 drugs are the sarne,and they produce widel,r varying effects and

consequenCes(see Tab1e14.2on page386),Butthey a11share a commOn resuk∶ a

reduction in awareness of and engagement、 vith byhatis happening around you。

People oRen fa11into drug use w⒒ hOut rnuch thought.But doing so is still a

chOice。 Preaching and slOgans are not going to help you to In蔽 a sensible decisiOn.

YoLl need to employ every αⅡ∞lthinkng sl【 i11you can to determhe exacdy what

卩 u诫血一and dOrt诫sh_t。 introduce into your bod≯ Gi⒕ somethOughtto why

escape is attract⒒e and consider seel(ing counsehng instead。 Allo马v yourse1fto cOn-

sⅡer tl△e lon陟 md short4erm effec“ ofdrug use_both the physical effec“ as well

as the pOtential eJf∶J{it::cts on your own aspirauons and dreams.Think abOut the legal

consequenCes of drug use∶ A drug convictiOn Can lead to expulsion fron1co11ege

and refusal by Inany employers to hire yOu.Furthermore,random drug tests are

increasingl,ra urt of corpor扯 e li炙 ,and your曲 Ⅱity to qudify for and keep a jOb

may be placed at risk ifyou use drugs_even only occasonal艹

Drugs that produce addicuon,such as cocaine and her0in,present a further

set of problems.The lives Of peOple with drug addictions become centered on the

drug,They enter into a pattern of akernating highs-ˉ lvhen on the drug一 and lo、 vs,

During their lows,much of their thinkng is centered On obtaining the drug and

looking forlvard to their next high.

Drug addictiOn and abuse is nOt cOn丘 ned to i11egal drugs,An increasing nuIn-

ber of people use over-the-counter drugs for the high they produce,For example,

cold and cough medkatons containing dextromethorphan(DXMl are amongthe

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