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They were doing all this risky stuff, smoking in the back of the school, going to the mall just for the intent of stealing. They seemed to enjoy it, and they were all doing it together, as friends, and I wanted that. I believed I needed that, so I joined, letting peer pressure overtake me and becoming someone I wasn’t. Read on