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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) — has been with us for three decades now. Today, an entire generation of young adults has never known a world without HIV/AIDS.

Drugs with street names like acid, angel dust, and vitamin K distort the way a user perceives time, motion, colors, sounds, and self. These drugs can disrupt a person's ability to think and communicate rationally, or even to recognize reality, sometimes resulting in bizarre or dangerous behavior. Hallucinogens such as LSD cause emotions to swing wildly and real-world sensations to assume unreal, sometimes frightening aspects. Dissociative drugs like PCP and ketamine may make a user feel disconnected and out of control.

Los informes continuos sobre el abuso de esteroides anabólicos por atletas profesionales –muchos de los cuales se consideran como modelos para los jóvenes– recalcan el hecho de que nos estamos enfrentando a un mensaje perjudicial para nuestra sociedad, es decir, que entre más grande mejor, y que ser el número uno es más importante que cómo se llega a serlo.