Drugs can hurt your body and make you sick.

If you're sick, you can't play sports or play in the school band or act in a play or see a good movie - or a million other things that are fun to do.

If you're still not convinced, consider the new liver you'll eventually need.

People who use drugs cannot become astronauts. American astronauts, who get to travel into space and see the moon and Mars up close, are chosen from a special group of people and have to be in perfect health. That means no drugs.

The same goes for lots of other jobs, since you need to have a sharp mind to be a doctor, a lawyer, a politician or a teacher - and you'll have to take a drug test for lots of jobs.

Drugs are expensive. Do you want those cool new shoes or a new video game? Do you want to take a trip to a tropical island? Do you want to drive fancy car? Then don't waste your money on drugs.

You would never hurt people you love. If you do drugs, you will. You may hurt their feelings or you may hurt them physically. You may simply disappoint them. You're unique.

Drugs can make you say, feel and do things you wouldn't normally do. And wouldn't you rather be yourself?