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Say No To Drugs In The United States

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I will say no to drugs for many reasons. An estimated twenty million Americans aged twelve or older used illegal drug in the past thirty days according to the National survey on drug use and health. About 570,000 people die annually in the U.S. due to drug use. In 2014 the drug overdose total was 47,055. The reason I will say no to drugs because it’s bad, makes you sick, can cause death and can cause cancer and a lot more. Drugs cause things like hallucinations, sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and cancer. Taking too much of any drug can kill you which is called overdose. In 2016 there was more than 50,000 Americans that died from drug overdoses. On February 11 and 12, in Louisville Kentucky there were 52 overdoses in two days!

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