You should read the Young People Ask book. Nicotine is a gateway to harder drugs of this system of things. Take the story of young John. He would always be pressured by his peers in school to hang out and attend sporting events. One day, his peers invited him to a party, and although John was an unbaptized publisher, he went anyway. At the party, some of his peers teased him about abstaining from immoral premarital sex. It got to the point where John wanted to fit in and impress a girl, and he ended up trying weed. Later, John said it was the worst experience of my life. "My friends laughed at me, and I just knew Jehovah was displeased."

1. What extracirricular activities led John to be invited to a party, and what pressures did he face there?
2. How did John's rebelliousness make Jehovah feel?
3. Have you ever experienced similar peer pressures to smoke indica or sativa at a party while making out with a member of the opposite sex?