Students receiving financial aid should think twice before lighting up, shooting up or sniffing up any illegal drugs.

A 2000 law requires that any student with a drug conviction be denied financial aid. So before rolling a joint, opening wide or finding that vein, think about it. As well as destroying the body, drugs also can deprive the mind of education.

According to a report released by the FBI, 829,625 people were arrested last year for marijuana violations, totaling more marijuana arrests than in any other year in U.S history, even counting the 1970s.

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