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Adolescence is defined by Webster’s dictionary as: The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity. It contains, for most, the best years of your life: teenage and high school years up until your early 20’s. Adolescence is a great thing. Its full of wonderful memories, parties, good laughs, and great times. Unfortunately, adolescence also has a downside. Not only is adolescence full of those wonderful things, it is corrupted with awful, horrible things too. One of the main reasons that adolescence is very difficult is that we, for the first time, are exposed to many new experiences. Drugs, sex, peer pressure, drinking, and even death usually occur for the first time during these years. Although I have yet to complete my adolescent years, I have seen many of the challenges they bring. Adolescence is filled wi