Simone has started smoking marijuana daily after school, usually in a wooded area of the park on her walk home

She knows drugs are harmful to her body, but that brief feeling of being high, when her stress and loneliness seem to melt away, makes the risks seem worth it. Considering Simone's motives, Simone appears to be using drugs to __________________.
experiment
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lose weight so that she'll fit in at school
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make more friends
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self-medicate
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self-medicate

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