Because it is a mild depressant, marijuana can have particularly harmful effects on teens because it stifles motivation. If you smoke pot, you'll be more likely to skip school, get into fights, and get arrested than your classmates who don't smoke. Also, if you use marijuana, you're 85 more likely to use cocaine and other drugs than teens who don't. Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on the street. When you get hooked, you have to take more and more just to get high.
Users turn to injecting the drug to make the high go further.
I'm cold, alone. I'm just a person on my own. Nothing means a thing to me. Nothing means a thing to me. Teen drug use in Connecticut is at an all time high.