Revised blog post: CRANK

How does this book help you think about social issues you care about or causes you are committed to?

          In the book Crank by Ellen Hopkins the social issue is drug addiction. The main character Kristina aka Bree was persuaded by her boyfriend to try crack for the first time. Then Kristina began to use crack a tad bit too much. She then began to do things that she might regret later. After Kristina's first time doing crack everything went downhill.
               Adam (Kristina's boyfriend) persuaded Kristina into trying crack for the the first time. After Kristina meet Adam she began to do drugs. She smoke cigarettes and even smoked some weed. After using crack for the first time it affected Kristina real badly. For example, "Fire! Your nose ignites, flames kerosene (and, some say, Drano) laced with ephedrine you want to cry. Powdered demons bite through cartilage and sinuses,take dead aim at your brain, jump inside want to scream." (Hopkins 90). This shows that Kristina's body is not used to the drug so, Kristina is going through all this pain. This also shows that drugs take a toll on your body after you start to use it.
             Since Kristina did crack for the first time she began to use it a lot. After Kristina, Adam, Kristina's dad, and his girlfriend finished doing crack together Kristina's dads girlfriend jumped off their balcony. "...She's hurt real bad. Who? Lince. What? Fell (or jumped) off the balcony. When? Yesterday. Where? Right outside. I didn't dare ask why. Instead, I let him cry." (Hopkins 136). This shows that drugs can affect your mental state of mind and make you do crazy things. This also shows that doing drugs can affect others not just one person.
                After doing crack for the first time Kristina's life went downhill. Kristina was very high and  she left her house, and almost got raped by a group of boys. She started doing more and more drugs like smoking weed and smoking cigarettes. Kristina even began to drink alcohol.  For example, "...Ever done a three-fer? You gonna love it, baby... Covered my mouth, rough, held my arms, strong, ripped my clothes, vicious... No! I screamed into dirty flesh. Not this way! Buttons burst, zippers opened, I closed my eyes, braced for pain." (Hopkins 114-115). This show that when you have drugs in your systems there is no telling what might happen. This also shows that you should not do drugs what so ever because they can effect your life drastically.