Some may even consider "hard drugs" such as cocaine, meth, or opioids, like heroin.

有些人甚至會考慮 "硬性毒品"，如可卡因、安非他命，或阿片類藥物，如海洛因。

Regardless of the substance, if it's not prescribed by a doctor and taken as prescribed, experimenting with substances can have negative effects.

不管是什麼物質，如果不是由醫生開的處方並按規定服用、試用藥物會產生負面的影響。

Meet Jeremiah.

認識耶利米。

Jeremiah hangs out with his friends on the weekends.

耶利米在週末和他的朋友們一起玩耍。

They drink alcohol and occasionally smoke marijuana to "relax" and get away from the stresses of life and school.

他們飲酒，偶爾吸食大麻，以 "放鬆 "並擺脫生活和學校的壓力。

One time at a party, Jeremiah smoked something a girl handed to him not knowing what it was.

有一次在聚會上，耶利米抽了一個女孩遞給他的東西，不知道是什麼東西。

Later he found out that it was K2, a synthetic type of "weed."

後來他發現那是K2，一種合成的 "雜草"。

His friends told him that he was hilarious and started acting "crazy," and that they couldn't wait to party with him again.

他的朋友告訴他，他很搞笑，開始表現得很 "瘋狂"，而且他們迫不及待地想再次與他聚會。

Jeremiah was concerned because he has no memory of what happened.

耶利米很擔心，因為他對發生的事情沒有記憶。

He wants to be with his friends and have a good time, but he hated not remembering and doesn't want to take another substance like that again.

他想和他的朋友們在一起，享受一段美好的時光，但他討厭不記得和不希望再服用這樣的藥物。

He also feels new pressures to be the life of the party and act a certain way.

他也感到新的壓力，要成為聚會的主角，並以某種方式行事。

What happened to Jeremiah is all too common.

發生在耶利米身上的事情太常見了。

You start out taking one substance and end up taking something else.

你開始服用一種物質，最後卻服用了別的東西。

A danger in using any substance that isn't prescribed to you is not knowing exactly what it is you're taking and how it will impact you.

使用任何非處方藥物的危險在於不知道到底是什麼東西它是你正在服用的，以及它將如何影響你。

Unfortunately, young people are being exposed to substances that can have dangerous physical and mental health consequences.

不幸的是，年輕人正在接觸可能具有危險性的物質。和精神健康的後果。

As a good rule of thumb, if a drug isn't prescribed to you, you shouldn't take it.

作為一個好的經驗法則，如果一種藥物沒有給你開處方，你就不應該服用。

Pretty quickly what feels like casual or experimental substance use can turn into a substance use problem which has long-lasting and negative consequences.

很快，感覺上的隨意或試驗性的物質使用就會變成物質使用。問題，這將產生長期的負面影響。

Before you decide to use a substance, know the risks and potential consequences, or reach out to a counselor to talk about it.

在你決定使用某種物質之前，瞭解風險和潛在的後果，或達到遇到這種情況，可以找諮詢師談一談。