The use of recreational marijuana use is becoming increasingly pervasive in schools. Students’ level of apathy rises with its use, and because of its widespread portrayal as harmless, more and more students are making the choice to use pot.

Tobacco smoking is a choice made by almost one fifth of twelfth-graders  in the United States. Every year tobacco use causes more than 400,000 deaths, many of these addictions beginning in the users’ childhoods.

Alcohol, the most widely used mind-altering substance among secondary students, shows direct ties to poor choices made by students and sometimes even depression. By the time they have finished high school, almost 75% of U.S. students have used alcohol.

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