you were toking up.ric, like all addicts knew that, he smoked with you but only to be sociable until the time came when you introduce you to mica heroin. oin.ar ago, you -- to her now it is an easy step from marijuana to harold when. -- heroin. acigarette, a joint, hypodermic needle. even now, you are afraid pretty what will it be like? you will get a burner that's i will become not created. zynga desperately seeking. you will have sustained feeling of sexual assignment which will last into euphoria or. it will not last. when you come down, you will be in depression consumed by a cancer of guilt. for just one second, your conscious as you see the needle inserted and the liquid mixing with michael's blood. for a moment, you want to say no. the will to resist is gone. temptation is ever present. the desire to try something new, something more powerful is too great. mostn maybe one of the insidious drug known to man and only seems like days until you are hooked. you are not turned on in the longer. the free

you sat, toking up. it did not give you the kick i used to. he introduces you to heroin.r ago you would have been repulsed at the thought of heroin. now it is an easy step from marijuana to heroin. uphill, a cigarette, -- a pill, a cigarette, a hypodermic needle. even now you are afraid. what will it be like? first you will get a burn, that is a feeling of warmth will slip over you. then you will become nauseated and get sick. finally, the retching will subside and you will have a sustained feeling of sensual excitement which will lapse into a state of euphoria or well-being, but it won't last. down, you willme be in a depth of depression, consumed by the cancer of guilt. for just one second, your conscious -- see thece pricks as you needle inserted, and the deathdealing liquid slipping in. you want to say no. the will to resist is gone. temptation is ever present. the desire to try something new, something more powerful is too great. heroin, being one of the most insidious drugs known to man, it only seems like days until you are hooked. you are not turned on any longer.

until now, he has never suggested that you toke up together. pills don't give either of you the desired effect any longer. you feel the need to find some new experience to bind you together. that a month ago would have been repulsive, now is considered. the smell and taste are anything but pleasing. makes you cough and your throat becomes dry and hot. you feel like you are floating. you concentrate on an object, a tree in the distance. concentrate, time slows done. you hallucinate. this is called tripping. your depth perception is affected. if you had to step off the curb, you would probably need help because the distance might be exaggerated. distance might seem to diminish. as without the hall the problems don't disappear, they only temporarily seem to finish. they returned when the effects of the drugs wear off. when you get on narcotics, it is like starting a never ending downward tailspin from 30,000 feet. you become less sure of yourself, your surroundings, your friends. corals are more frequent. you try to convince yourself you are right

mark is going to tell you what tokes% for the week. >> yeah, wrapping up a very nice christmas we hadut there and definitely temperatures on the cooler side, but a great day for today. just use a jacket or a sweater out there. forecast headlines for tonight still some scattered high clouds and temperatures on the cooler side. skies will become partly cloudy. then the extended forecast is still locked into a dry weather pattern except for friday night or friday afternoon. there is a very slight chance for the shower here in the bay area. as you can see right now the big picture of the glow out here in the pacific, we have the storm track. but the main energy is headed up north of the bay area with one circulation offshore down towards southern california. that is just about it. here is the deal with san francisco for tomorrow we are expecting this at least to start out the day close to 40 degrees. in fact in the upper 30s. then for the afternoon hours, temperatures are on track to reach the 50s around 52 to 54 degrees, partly cloudy skies in san francisco. we'll take a live look outsid

toking get these 20 something's. >> all right, jill, see you soon. >> coming up after the break, we'll get another check on weather and traffic on this very messy monday morning. plus, we'll show you how local middle school student are headed in the holiday spirit. >> dealing with steady rain across the region, still wintery mix in the lehigh valley and poconos for the next few hours. everybody will see a change over to plane rain. heavy rain moving into southern chester county now, eventually northern delaware, philadelphia, over the next hour. you can see pink showing up in the lehigh valley indicating some freezing rain potential, hovering right around freezing to the far northwest suburbs, well above freezing philadelphia and areas south already up to 50 degrees at the atlantic city airport. cold temperatures are lingering, winter weather advisory remain in effect for the northern suburbs up through the poconos, through early this morning for the potential for light freezing rain. everybody will see rain by mid-morning. the morning rain with late day clearing. it is milder, hip around 50 degrees, tonight, part

the environment and earning everyone was moved toking, a very suburban part of the district and i thought i'm making it, i'm hitting it and a hand goes up in at the back and this woman says, how do you have time to do your dishes? well, even then i was taken aback. for goodness sakes, and i just said, i use paper plates, which was stupid. because this was an environmental group so you couldn't win. i thought it was a joke. used paper plates, joke. i mean, amy -- >> the. >> the kinds of questions you were getting about doing your dishes. we have few questions likes that. >> guest: it's come a long way. i tell you that. and i lost that race. but they weren't ready for me. and the only reason i stayed after that, stayed in politics -- >> host: you became a newspaper reporter for a while. >> guest: i did a little radio show. the rope the reason i stuck with it is aread an allergy in the ms. magazine and the article said women take things to personally. men one run one times two times, three times, four times and women if they lose the first time they think, they hate me because we're a little more sensitive, and i thought, you not what, thi

tokes%. >> reporter: holiday sales this year are expected to top $1 trillion, a 4% increase over last year. according to the 2016 holiday survey. >> consumers are expected to spend over $800 this holiday season, which is upto 4% from last year ever. >> reporter: possible reasons for the boost, consumers remain positive about the economy. and their personal finances are doing better. president elect donald trump taking credit tweeting, "the world was gloomy before i won. there was no hope. now the market is up nearly 10% and christmas spending over a trillion dollars." experts say during the final shopping crunch retailers benefited from christmas falling on a sunday. giving consumers an extra saturday to shop. and the industry's momentum continued into monday, which was a federal holiday. >> people like the experience of going to the stores. for the basic items to cross off the list very quickly they would use online to satisfy their need. >> and online retail giant amazon said on tuesday it had their best ever holiday season. shifting more than $1 billion items worldwide through their prime membership program. >> we are constantly shipping right up to the last minute. sometimes people run out of importa