D.A.R.E Dare teaches you that smoking can cause cancer. Smokers have more colds and upper respiratory problems. Smoking causes heart disease. Smoking is the number 1 cause of lung cancer it is also a leading cause of cancer of the mouth and throat, bladder and kidneys. Smokeless tobacco can cause mouth cancer, tooth loss and other health problems we also learned that the poisons in cigarettes can affect your appearance and smoking can dry out your skin and cause wrinkles it also can yellow your teeth and fingers and gives you bad breath and I mean really bad breath. If we didn’t have dare I wouldn’t no more than 45,000 die due to smoking would you smoke? I know I wouldn’t smoke because smoking can put your friends and family at risk. Marijuana can affect your brain and body if you don’t know what could happen, here are some examples… short term memory loss, it affects your ability to judge distance speed and reaction time these are imported when playing sports or riding a bike. Dare also tells u not to be shy! I know I was shy around other people or teens but ever since dare am not shy around them anymore maybe the odd teenager but that’s normal. Let’s talk about alcohol lots of people in this room think it’s cool if you drink but really it’s not very cool it can cause slowed reflexes loss of self-control poor judge. Lots of you might not know this but too much alcohol can slow down the body and lead to a coma and –or death and just saying most teens don’t drink. I feel safe now that I’ve been in dare and to say no to bad things that friends offer you. I think it’s imported to be a drug-free girl because I don’t want to be in pain or be in a coma or lots