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                        |    Talk About It > Exercise 10   |   
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                        | 10. The author, like all other young people, could have avoided taking drugs. Think about her case carefully, find out about the things that led to her drug abuse, and |   
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                                    | 1) complete the following 
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                                      author could have avoided taking drugs |     if 
                                        she had known better. |   
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                                    | 2) talk to your classmate(s) 
                                        about how you should avoid doing things 
                                        that appear to be pleasant at first but 
                                        will turn out to be really harmful. You 
                                        may talk about drug abuse, smoking, alcoholism, 
                                        addiction to computer games, etc. |  |  |   
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