Why It's Stupid to Say "Yes"

We're not going to tell you doing drugs or drinking before you're 21 are bad. Everyone's told you that already. Why repeat ourselves? No, we're going to tell you exactly WHY it's bad without all the annoying morals and crap.

Alcohol

-- A 12 oz. can of beer has about the same amount of calories as a small fry at McDonald's. MMM, fatty. Ever wonder how that guy with the size 60 waist got that way? Notice his beer hat? Yeah, exactly.

-- Alcohol is a poison. It kills your body's cells. We're not talking metaphor here or anything, it's literally a poison. You put rubbing alcohol on cuts to kill bacteria … what do you think drinking does? That feeling that you get from drinking? That's your brain cells dying. Enjoy!

-- Alcohol impairs judgment, right? We've all heard that. Think about what that means, though. Everything you would never do when sober, you suddenly not only want to do, but you think is hilarious. Showing everyone how your behind gets acne too? Maybe not the funniest thing the next morning. Oh, and then there's the fact that almost 17,000 people died in 2005 from alcohol-related driving accidents. Get what that number means? How many people are in your high school, maybe 1000? 17 schools full of people each year died from people who drank, then drove.

-- Remember that thing about killing brain cells? Well, at least you probably won't remember the stupid things you do, because that's one area of your brain that's easily obliterated.

-- Forget about sleeping, too, because alcohol keeps you from actually getting any rest. Sure, you might pass out … literally. But you'll wake up completely tired, because your body didn't get any benefit from the sleep it got.

-- Anything else? Oh, sure: You'll sweat a lot more, which makes you smell great. You'll slowly kill your liver, one of those organs you can't live without. The toilet will be your new best friend, you'll be puking in it so often. Hangovers will keep you messed up for the entire next day after drinking. And you'll probably break out, cause alcohol loves to mess with your skin, too.

Fun stuff, huh? Let's take a look at drugs now, staring with the most common one.

Marijuana

-- Smoking up has all the fun side effects that smoking cigarettes does, like coughing up phlegm, not being able to smell or taste anything, stinking like someone's behind, making your skin look older, and about a thousand other things.

-- Plus, you get all the added benefits from smoking marijuana, like bloodshot eyes, dry mouth, crazy paranoia that the guy on the corner is following you EVERYWHERE, increased appetite, a pulse through the roof and your head completely off to the point where you can't drive a car, let alone feel like time has passed.

Other Drugs

-- Methamphetamines can give you a stroke or heart attack, killing you instantly. Or it might just give you hypothermia, which is also fun.

-- Cocaine and crack have all the fun of meth, with the added benefit that your lungs might just stop working completely, so there's another way you can kick off in no time. Oh, your brain can also have a seizure. That'll kill you too.

-- Hallucinogens (Acid, PSP, peyote, etc.) might throw you in a coma. Those are a blast … all the fun of sleeping, but with the added bonus of not waking up! Then you've got inhalents, like sniffing cleaners and stuff. Those will give you incontrollable diarrhea first, THEN kill you. Incontrollable means you do it at random times, people. Like in school, when you're asking a girl or guy out. Right then. And yes, it's sad that diarrhea might be more of a turn-off than death, but what can you do.