112th Precinct Community Council

Winners of our anti drug essay contest

Jan 13, 2007

Excerps from the winning essays


From Lorraine O?’Connell?’s essay
Opening paragraph
Drugs are the reason for a person?’s destruction. A person may be well off and have everything necessary for their survival but when drugs and alcohol come into the picture eventually the person will lose everything that they worked so hard to earn. They will lose not only material goods, but even friendship and families. Material goods are the only thing these alcoholics and drug addicts are able to gain back but the relationships with friends and family will never be fixed.

From Julie Byrnes ?‘s essay
Opening paragraph
Say no to drugs. It?’s as simple as that. You do not want to go down that path. Take the road less traveled. In this case, it will lead you to success. If you say yes, you will regret it forever. Nowadays, a lot of people are under pressure. Peer pressure. Your friends ma and maybe even your family will offer you some kind of drug. They may say it will relax you and if you don?’t like it , you are free to stop. They are right and wrong. IT is true that drugs will make you feel relaxed. So relaxed that you will not know what you are doing or saying. Drugs make you out of control. They make your soul slowly slip out of you and replace it with an evil terrible shadow that cannot be stopped. You will lose control. When people say you can stop they are very wrong. Like I said, you will lose control. There is something in the drug that makes you crave it even more. You may want to stop and maybe in a while succeed. However, soon after, something makes you angry and you start all over again., It is a never ending circle,

From Neha Anil Mehta?’s essay
Opening paragraph
Taking drugs is a horrible thing to do. People can take advantage of you while you are intoxicated. Many accidents, as well as illnesses, can occur from taking drugs. Sometimes if you do it at a young age you will get addicted. When you do it too much you could end up on the streets and lose everything you own. Taking drugs is a horrible thing to do and you?’ll regret it.


From May Yacer?’s essay
Opening paragraph
Drugs can destroy many families. Drug addicts can separate their families, lose their jobs, and can kill themselves and they can also kill other people.