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Dear drugs and alcohol,

You make the most successful men your slave. You control millions of minds around the world. When their not on you they dream of you, and when they don’t have you they think of ways to steal you. You’re the reason why so many have lost loved ones. You’re a cause of cancer and major disorders. You’ve taken away peoples voices and their lungs. You’ve deteriorated people’s skin, glazed over their eyes, and robbed them of their youth. Pretended to help people through their problems, and gave false hope. You’ve foiled education and job opportunities, ruined marriages and left children to fend for themselves. You’ve caused violence, helped people fall through the cracks and lead and helped toward depression. You’ve built and helped economies, and gave people jobs. You’ve healed some but killed so many more and made billions of dollars. The world hates you but they can’t live without you.






Love,




Someone who doesn’t love you




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CameandgonesmartyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 11:45 pm:
this was really creative. it was an interesting way of stating all the things drugs can do. My only critique would be (of course) the one spelling thing that u've already been corrected on and answered to, and then maybe write a bit more in depth. but i still loved it, and i think u could turn it into a great poem, too. think about it :)
 
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Kaffeine said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm:
Short and sweet. I like it!
 
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calliwalli said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 4:05 pm:
I like the message, but the englishteacher in me says, 'you misspelled they're and wrote their' in one of the first sentences.
 
Darkstar6265 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 5:05 pm :
Yeah you're right. Unfortunately, since I wrote this a long time ago it has a lot of grammatical mistakes in it. If I could go through and edit it I would. But thanks for the feedback it's always appreciated.
 
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Tibbs This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 12:18 pm:
Good for you for speaking your mind, but be more specific. The term 'drug' is too general. I hope you weren't referring to the good drugs! Also, some of your grammar is weird. Perfect grammar makes anything look better.
 
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Kanupriya S. said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 4:39 am:
Its good to see there are people who address such issues. Constructive writing. Strong and short. Total thumbs up.
 
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Michaela M. This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 6, 2012 at 2:50 am:
wow amazing you are strong to adress this issue
 
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beautifulspiritThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Feb. 2, 2012 at 10:41 am:
Nice job addressing the impacts drugs make on our society---the personification was great. Just watch your grammar---it's people's no "peoples." But other than that, I thought your piece was on point. 5/5
 
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RealisticWoman said...
Jan. 27, 2012 at 5:49 pm:
Hey, hey, hey! Sounds like some women I know over in the big cities! I like how you wrote this as a letter. It was very creative and had great insight. Good job.
 
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KaylaAmy-Marie said...
Jan. 26, 2012 at 2:53 pm:
but other then that i actually enjoyed this
 
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KaylaAmy-Marie said...
Jan. 26, 2012 at 2:48 pm:
but i loved this, you are a good writer
 
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KaylaAmy-Marie said...
Jan. 26, 2012 at 2:47 pm:
Alcohol doesnt do this to people... People do it all by themselves, if alcohol wasnt here. They'd just find another way to harm themseves
 
dukecitysouthpaw replied...
Feb. 28, 2012 at 7:51 pm :
you obviously dont know the pain of alcoholism
 
KaylaAmy replied...
Mar. 4, 2012 at 8:27 am :
i've had an alcoholic as a mother for 11 years i think i know by now.
 
FreeThinker replied...
May 4, 2012 at 1:22 pm :
Nice insight, KaylaAmy. What people don't understand is, they HAVE a choice. They don't let it run their lives. I got away from that scene. Others can too.
 
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bobfrigginjohnson said...
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:12 am:
you should love da drugs and u suckat writing
 
nathan12 replied...
Jan. 24, 2012 at 4:48 pm :
Dear bobfrigginjohnson You say this persaon sucks at writing when u cant even write a complete sentance?
 
nathan12 replied...
Jan. 24, 2012 at 4:49 pm :
person* my bad
 
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caddy12 said...
Jan. 3, 2012 at 11:00 am:
bad bad and bad
 
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StarryRoss said...
Dec. 14, 2011 at 9:04 pm:
The personification is great, but still watch your syntax and grammar. When they are, or they're, (not 'their') not on you, they dream of you...  And also 'lead and helped toward depression' and 'built and helped economies' may sound awkward. Try verbs like influence or progressed, or other words for help in this context. Just suggestions, and just technical stuff anyway, so it was a refreshing and original idea, really nice writing :)
 
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