53.5 56.3 56.9 57.6 61.2 60.2 57.7 57.6
             1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
             Marijuana 36.7 32.6 35.3 38.2 41.7 44.9 49.6 49.1 49.7
             Crack 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.6
             LSD 8.5 8.8 8.6 10.5 11.7 12.6 13.6 12.6 12.2
             Inhalants 17.6 16.6 17.4 17.7 17.4 16.6 16.1 15.2 15.4
             Cigarettes 63.1 61.8 61.9 62.0 64.2 63.5 65.4 65.3 64.6
             Of course these statistics could have errors. I can't imagine that all kids who have done drugs would admit to it for a study. Also, kids have become more adapt to the concepts of drugs since 1991 and therefore could feel less pressure in answering questions about their drug habits truthfully. It may not seem quite as bad as it used to.
             I decided to interview my friend Brad, an eighteen year old freshman at Santa Barbara Community College planning to get a degree in Computer Animation. He has been open about his past drug addictions with me, but I never understood why he got into them.
             As a kid growing up I was the younger sibling and always had to live up to my brother's potential. It was hard because he got straight As, but I tried. My parents didn't understand that I couldn't just pick up a book, read it, and then be able to recall every little detail about what I just read. That's how my brother was. Even through school my teachers always compared me to my brot
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