Drugs is an escape from reality that you don't really need. Being an ex-coke addict nad a hard pill/pharmeucital user, take my advice and say forget it to drugs! I stopped the day my brother died in my hands, I went nuts, barking shot up the whole neighborhood, spent 4 months in jail and at the time I had my daughter. Just I was a mess and figured it wasn't worth the trouble..
At this poitn and time, those things don't directly affect that way we live our lives. My best advice was to try and blank all the bullshit and stories that the media present in front of your eyes. If the news will sell they will always have stupid stories to scare people out of living their own lives. I'm 18 with a year and a half old daughter, you don't think I was scared at 16 with a kid? I definitely was, but look at me now, making 6 digit salary/year. I'm just confident and pushy..
I've been fired too many times. I have a BIG problem with authority and usually end up beating up somebody or just saying the wrong thing to the wrong person, or just being high at work