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Sometimes it can be hard to say ‘no’ when friends and peers are pressuring you take part.

Here are some ways you can refuse drugs if you find yourself in a pressured situation:

• Blame your parents, coach, or school for why you can’t: “My parents would kill me.”
• Use humour to deflect and insist it’s not for you: “No thanks, I’m good with not dying.”
• Suggest another activity: “Why don’t we go to the mall/movies/Starbucks instead?”
• Decline for “today,”: “Not right now, I’m not in the mood.”
• Leave the group and rejoin them later (make up an excuse to leave or say you have something to do soon that requires you to be sober): “I can’t, I have to help my parents with something later/tomorrow morning and I don’t want to be messed up for that.”
• Be confident and use “I” statements: “I don’t feel like this is for me. I’m good.”