Monday, November 4, 2013

Risky Buisness Draft

            Drugs are either Legal, or illegal; Legal drugs have a purpose such as curing diseases, as for illegal drugs causing harm to the body. Legal drugs aren’t good just because they’re not illegal, it still could cause harm to teens when misused.

            Legal Drugs such as prescribed medicine, that your physician assigns you, are for a specific person, on a certain case or sickness. Prescribed medicine is used to cure diseases, or to ease the pain of an injury, such as Oxytocin that is used as a painkiller. When recommended by a doctor, prescription drugs can be beneficial; but when taken without a prescription or as not directed, they can be dangerous and addictive.

            Prescribed medicine is used to cure sicknesses and relieve pain from injuries, although, when used incorrectly, such as taking a high dosage, or combined with alcohol or other drugs, many prescription drugs can also become deadly. There have been many cases where teens create a “skittle party” where they mix up a bunch of prescribed drugs, and randomly select some of them and take it. Also, teens tend to misuse these types of drugs, such as oxytocin, which is used as painkillers, but are used for the side effects which causes constipation and drowsiness.


            A lot of teens abuse these legal drugs for the wrong reason. An Average of 2000 teenagers use prescribed medicine without a doctors guidance. Prescribed and over the counter drugs are among the most commonly abused drugs by 12th graders, after alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco. Prescribed medicine when over used or used incorrectly can cause major side effects that can be harmful to the body, however, it is still used to cure sicknesses or relieved injures. When it comes to drugs, don’t take more than you can handle, or don’t take something you don’t know anything about.

2 comments:

  1. I think you could have added a few more statistics And also focus more on teens.

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  2. Your introduction is very weak, you state the obvious(we already know those things, that is why it is called legal and illegal). And there is no thesis statement so we don't know the purpose of your essay. The essay as a whole is incomplete and has no real ending. The essay seems like just an informational essay and not a pro-con paper which it should be. You need to present your side and support it with evidence. AS(1+)

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