It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.
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It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.
Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.
And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.
But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.
We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free.
My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity.
I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.
Educating young people about the harms of drugs is essential.
We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life.
Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money.
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