"Go on, Have a Puff... It Won't Hurt You..."

Although this statement may sound kind of funny and stupid at the same time, the truth is that it does hurt you to take drugs / alcohol. This lesson was re-emphasized at a convention held in our Upper Gym on Tuesday, where a several booths were set up, explaining the harmful consequences of using drugs or alcohol.

At the convention, my friend pointed out this poster, which I thought conveyed a simple, yet powerful, message. "If it doesn't make sense here, why does it make sense when you drive?" The fact is that it doesn't make sense, regardless of any activity you do. Drugs and alcohol only offer a temporary escape from reality, plus a series of permanent life-threatening side effects. Just like when a person drives while drinking / using drugs, a pilot is responsible for all the people that they carry during the ride. If the pilots end up crashing the plane, they kill all the passengers aboard. I think this analogy is related to second-hand smoking. In a sense, I agree with what my mom always says about smokers: "It is okay if the smokers (pilots), die from their own smoking habits. However, it is not okay if their smoking habits cause the deaths of many other people because those people who died second-hand smoked."