quences. People will go to extreme lengths to be the
             best, or better than what they presently are. Culture's attitudes toward beauty,
             money, power as a representation for success drives us to turn to drugs.
             Drugs symbolize power, status, freedom, and the ultimate "high" in our world.
             Drugs can help people achieve higher status, more power, as well as the
             overwhelming physical and emotional "escape." Ultimately, the desire for the
             drug high is worth the risk -- which we conceive to be very small -- of being
             caught. In reality, the risk of getting caught is extremely slim. Only a
             small percentage of all drug crimes do get caught, so our fear of the law is
             minimal. Therefore, we continue to use drugs, and are rarely deterred by the
             infrequent actions taken to stop what we so badly want to achieve. In addition,
             many people are willing to risk getting caught, because the benefits of drugs
             Despite our strong cultural expectations which encourage this rampant
             drug use, we continue to rely on the law to solve the drug problem. Today, on
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