Nadia Special

Ms. Fischer- 5
th
Grade
My Dare Report
I learned about internet safety and if you put your adreess and phone
number people will come to your house. You coud be frustration .
kids do not like when people laugh at them I is hunting ther feelings .
the rules are raise Your hand so that only one person speaks at a time.
I leaned about bullying kids. I wish nkids would stop that . Big kids do
not do that in high school. I do not like it. I hadn,t with it.defne assess,
respond, evaluate. People kil kids in diferent states. In the united
states, it is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of
!" # some states ".there are more than $%%known hare ful chemicals
in cidarette smoke. &igarettes contain nicotime, a powerfully addictive
substance. 'moking is the leading preventable cause of death I this
country. more than (%%,%%% deaths per year can be attributed to
secondhand smoke. )y dad,s father die from drinking alcohol. I learn
the decision making model for the words stand for defne,a stands for
asses,r stands for respond,e stands for stands for evaluate.. With the
introduction of the new D.A.R.E. incorporataint. A gateway drug
is a drug that opens the door to the use of other, harder drugs.
Gateway drugs are typically inexpensive and readily available.
While there is no guarantee that a youngster will a!e the leap
fro gateway drugs to far ore toxic and dangerous drugs such
as ethaphetaines, cocaine, or heroin, research suggests
that in the a"ority of the cases they will not. #till, who wants to
roll the dice with their youngster$s health and future happiness%
Most addicts began their downward spiral with the gateway
drugs& very few youngsters or adults "up right into hard drugs.
'eeping children free and clear of the gateway substances for as
long as possible is your ission.(obaccoAccording to a report
fro the ).#. Departent of Education, *(obacco use is
associated with alcohol and illicit drug use and is generally the
first drug used by young people who enter a se+uence of drug
use that can include tobacco, alcohol, ari"uana, and harder
drugs., (he Dangers According to statistics fro the ).#. -enter
Nadia Special
Ms. Fischer- 5
th
Grade
for Disease -ontrol .-D-/ in Atlanta, the younger a child starts
so!ing, the ore addicted s0he becoes. (he ).#. Departent
of Education echoes the -D- findings. 1ts report, *2outh and
(obacco,, says people who *begin to so!e at an early age are
ore li!ely to develop severe levels of nicotine addiction than
those who start at a later age., (obacco use is also a gateway
for other negative behaviors, not "ust ore dangerous drug
ta!ing. *-igarette so!ers are also ore li!ely to get into fights,
carry weapons, attept suicide, and engage in high3ris! sexual
behaviors,, say governent researchers. #olutions4ow do you
persuade children against ta!ing that first puff% -hances are
you, as a parent, will have difficulty convincing your child to
avoid cigarettes. (he enticeent is very strong. 5ften it
ta!es another authority figure, such as a D.A.R.E. officer, to
counterbalance the negative peer pressure exerted on
young !ids. A Gallup poll found that 67 percent of the
students who graduated fro the D.A.R.E. progra had
never tried a cigarette. While drug prevention progras and
educators can explain why tobacco .and the other gateway
drugs/ can have a long3ter ipact on children$s lives if
they start using today, you, as the parent, are the priary
influence. 2our anti3cigarette essage to your child ust
start early and be