Blog Post answers (About Marijuana)

• What did you read that you didn’t know before?

That Marijuana can lower your grades and even make you drop out of high school.

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• Does this blog post change your views? If so, how?

Well a little bit. I mean I would never takes drugs nor would I try it but it definitely show that it can change your grades because in TV show it shows people taking drugs to keep them up at night to help you study when in real life Marijuana help lower your grades.

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• How might the information in this post be useful to you?

It mostly another good reason why young people should't take drugs, It effects your life and looks.

• What are some of the risks involved in doing drugs? Do you think about these risks? Why or why not? I think that it affecting you grades is a risk because it effecting your further; People want good paying jobs but if taking drug is causing you to get lower grades then you're most likely get a job you don't want but it'll pay the bill or no job at all if you leave school because of taking drugs.

• How does media play a role in drug use and addiction? Consider all types of media, including television and movies, social media, and advertisements.

Tv shows and social media do show the consequences are if you take drugs and what would mostly happen like the way you look, What would happen if you try to go cold turkey altogether but at the same time they do show way on how to get sober if you really want to. Media help a lot from what I've seen on Facebook there're post of people mugshots before and after from when they've been arrested again and overly been taking drugs.

At the same time though when they used drugs in a tv show showing students taking something to help studies this could be getting students to take them as well because it shows them what the drug is called and if nothing happens to them on tv they might think it'll be alright for them to take in real life.