Hi, my name is Johnathan, And it started with my first joint, it felt good, and i didnt feel like i was dying from drug abuse, like they all told me it would happen, this was when i was 12, after a few months, i got into cocaine, and i thought no big deal, but, that year on my birthday, i had just got a $400 bicycle, went on a ride, and sold it for $250 at a pawn shop, and told my parents it was stolen and they told the police, i didnt care, in the mean time, the money i got from selling the bike, and the birthday money from my grand parents went to Marijuana, Cocaine, and my first Hydrocodone, im 14 now and am out of marijuana and cocaine, but i cant just stop the hydrocodone use, ive almost overdosed twice on liquid hydro, i know im killing myself, but i cant stop, and im telling you this, to try and protect all that may read this if it gets posted. Im telling my school guidance counseler, and im admitting myself to rehab. I hope none of you make these same mistakes, and drugs ARE what they tell you in school, please listen.

Hi, my name is Naomi and I have done drugs from the time I was 13. I am now 16 and I have been clean for 11 months. But before I stopped drugs I was wild. I went on the run like 4 times and every time did drugs. My main drugs were Meth and Weed. Although I did every drug, I always had meth and weed. I started weed when I was 13 then moved on to meth. I was hooked the first time I did both. I did not know I was hooked until it was too late and I was in jail for the third time and going to rehab. It sucked, but after 34 days in jail 30 days in rehab I learned drugs are a waste of time. Now that I have have told you a little of my life hopefully I help someone make a better choice then I did.

Hi, I'm Jay. That's not my real name because the law prevents me from using my real name since I'm locked up in detention at the South East Facility. Let me tell you what got me here. It wasn't really one thing that I did. It was more like a bunch of things over a couple of years that I did that finally got me locked up in detention. See the penalties for breaking the law increase each time you break the law, and the judge always considers your past record in court. So it started when I was in Junior High. I started hanging with some friends who would get into a lot of trouble. Each of us was not really a trouble maker when we were on our own, but we'd do dumb things when we were together. So I was arrested for drug possession, smoking, truancy, vandalism over the period of 2 years, and each time I was released to my parents and put on Probation. On my last probation though one of my friends and I took a neighbor's Cadillac. We didn't really steal it, but we just wanted to take it on a joyride, I mean we were bored and thought it would be cool to drive a Caddy. Well, the police started following us, and then we led them on a chase because we didn't want to get caught. When we finally pulled over, it was like something out of one of those car chase TV shows, we were surrounded by several police officers. That stunt was more than enough to get me put in detention. Now I'm waiting to see the judge again, and I don't think he will release me to my parents. And forget about driving ever again, I can guarantee you my license will be taken away. So as part of my class here in detention, they've asked me to give you a tour of the juvenile detention facility. Click here to see what it's like in detention.