Cursed or Be Damned

There are many adolescents in the world that experiment with alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, because of a desire to fit in or peer pressure from their friends, which in many cases they see these things as a key to popularity.

Those who do are more likely to experience problems in school, suffer from depression, have unsafe sex, or become involved in dangerous activities. The word abuse raises a lot of red flags and of course is a broad topic for discussion. In this story Mark confides in hi...