goodnoodle

Yep there's a pregnancy epidemic at my school.

And by 80% drinkers I mean occasional drinkers. Very few people drink regularly. It's mostly at parties.

Northeastlax

Not really a problem at my school, a few of the dumbasses smoke weed, but 95% of my grade (fr0sh) in my school dont smoke/drink/or do drugs

Kaeroze

@goodnoodle, you probably go to a large public school don't you? Because at my school, my freshman year we had a game to cout how many pregnant girls you could count inbetween each class. I got to 12 and friend won with 16. Thats sad. It's gotten better and worse through hs.

FastNeutrino

It's pretty bad. My school actually used to be known for its heroin use, but now the hard drug use has decreased quite a bit. That being said, everyone and their mother smokes and drinks.

rykun97

Smoking sucks. I should know. It all started in 8th grade. I was a pretty good kid. I was well behaved and got good grades, but my social life was lacking. I had only 2 "close" friends and was desperate for more. I was especially desperate for a boyfriend. Being gay and in the closet made that difficult though. That's when I decided to take my search to the internet.

I met a 20 year old guy on a chat room. Little did I know this would be the biggest mistake of my life. He wasn't really anything special now that I realize it, but he thought I was special. He would tell me he loved me and pretty soon I said I loved him. We would be talking for hours and hours each day. I started to become dependent on him.

When I wasn't talking to him, I was waiting to talk to him, yet when we talked, we always ended up arguing and fighting. Pretty soon I spiraled into depression. He made me feel bad, but I still wanted to be with him. Now eventually he ended our "relationship" because things got too complex, but I was left an emotional wreck. To deal with the stress and pain I took up smoking.

At the time I thought there was nothing wrong with it. I knew cigarettes were bad for you, but at the time I didn't care about the consequences. Bad move. Before I knew it I was smoking more and more. It doesn't hurt that I found out about other kids smoked in my neighborhood (at the time a 6th and 7th grader) and we would a smoke together.

I completely regret all of it. My "need" for a boyfriend led me to almost fail 8th grade and smoking. Now I'm a freshman trying to change himself for the better (I'm getting great grades, being more social), but I still smoke daily. Around half a pack (10 cigs) a day and it's been about 10 months. I don't even like cigarettes anymore. They taste awful and sometimes make me gag, but I'm addicted to them. I'm afraid of what they're doing to me, but I don't know how to quit. Moral of the story? Just don't smoke. It's that easy. if you don't start, you won't get addicted.

StudiousMaximus

Practically no one smokes cigarettes at my school. Weed, on the other hand, is quite popular.

FollowTheReaper

It's mainly weed and alcohol that you hear about at my school. I don't think anyone smokes cigarettes anymore.

Also lol at the reply

Holocene

I only know a couple people who smoke cigarettes. Weed and alcohol are very common, though I wouldn't call that a "problem."

brfernandes

Smoking is such a big problem at my school! It was always weed which though I don't smoke weed I always didn't find it that big of a deal but now all of a sudden it's cigarettes which is gross and since I'm at a private school if your caught smoking cigarettes two times you get kicked out of the school