Sometimes drugs can be beneficial. Think of where we would be as a society if there were no such things as drugs. No such thing as pain killers for use during or after an operation or even a simple headache reliever. Then there are recreational and/or illicit drugs. Sometimes a person can try a drug one or several times and not develop any addictions or future problems. The chances of that however are allot rarer than one would hope.

Everytime you drink or use drugs it opens the door wider for future problems. For someone who ever smoked or drank, the risk of moving on to marijuana is 65 times higher than that for a person who never smoked or drank. The risk of moving on to cocaine is 104 times higher for someone who smoked marijuana at least once in his or her lifetime than for a person who never did (these figures are from an analysis of 1991 - 1993 data from the National Household Survey on National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Homepage http://www.nida.nih.gov/Prevention/RISKFACT.html).

Whether one time or several times there is a potential for further drug use, more frequent drug use, progressive drug use and negative behavior. So what? "It makes me feel good." "All my friends do it." "I'm careful where I get my stuff and I'm not going to do something stupid." "It's a phase." Ever heard any of those lines? Maybe you have said one or more of the above yourself or something similar. But your in control right? It happens to others but not to you. You can handle it.

Drug use creates a false sense of security from a distorted perspective. You may feel 'happy' while you are on drugs and without a care in the world - but what do you feel like when the drugs wear off - that is your reality. What do you feel like between hits?

Maybe you are thrilled with the way your life is right now and feel you are handling the drug use just fine and you can stop at any time. Maybe so - but realize that this security is only temporary. Drug use can catch up to a person in many different ways. It can destroy relationships between family and friends. It can (and usually does) create other emotional problems and leads to behavior you would not otherwise even entertain. You can suffer permanent damage anywhere from first time use of ANY drug because we are all chemically created differently. Your first time could even be your last time.

Cocaine (also called coke, rock, freebase, snow, crack, crank, blow, and "C") is one of the most highly addictive drugs. One or two sessions with this drug can have you instantly addicted and needing more and more to get the high and take you from the depressing deep low in between hits. It is also unpredictable and can end a persons life on the first try.