Drugs are killing My Brother
by John's 10-year-old brother
It used to be a happy world before drugs came into it. Now
kids wear cannabis leaves on their hats, cars and clothing.
My brother John* learned to use alcohol and smokes at
school, from his schoolmates and their parents. Those drugs
made him depressed and sad, so he changed to speed.
He can't get his car licensed because he spends his money on
drugs.
John lies, too. We asked him about a mark on his arm and he
said he scraped it on a car, but we found out it was from
needles.
John is skinny because the speed takes away his appetite.
Speed has made his back teeth go rotten and black, too. He
lost his job because he hit his boss when he was in a bad
temper.
John smokes so much that his front teeth are going yellow.
If he hasn't had a smoke for a while he loses his temper and
swears and hits the sides of the car.
His eyes look like Frankenstein's eyes when he takes drugs.
I wish John would do that
Most of John's friends are into drugs too, except Mark. Mark
used to be into drugs, but when his parents had a really bad
car accident, he didnąt know until two days later because he
was so spaced out. He put himself into a drug rehabilitation
place for three months and he stopped taking drugs.
I wish John would do that.
John was expelled from school because of cannabis. He and
his mates would sneak out of school and steal the cannabis
from people's backyards. That's called "doing a rip," but
really it's stealing and trespassing.
John hates working night shift with his new job because he
has to sleep during the day. Now he wishes he could go back
to school again and get an education, and then get a better
job.
Some people don't like us anymore because they don't like
John. He gets blamed for doing all sorts of things by lots
of people because they think he is really bad. But he hasnąt
done what they say.
Once, some of his old school mates said he was selling them
stuff at school, but even the principal knew it wasnąt true
because John was living 400 kilometres away.
Drugs make people lie.
We have a prayer book and every day we open it and ask for
God's angels to guide and protect John. We also pray for him
to get rid of the drug problem.
I hate drugs because they're killing my brother, and I love
him.
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