Before the Judge

Two young men were picked up by the cops for smoking dope and appeared before the judge on Friday.

The judge said, "You seem like nice young men, and I'd like to give you a second chance instead of jail time. I want you to go out this weekend and try to show others the evils of drug use and get them to give up drugs forever. This will determine if you stay out of jail or not. I'll see you back here in court Monday morning."

Monday morning, the two guys were back in court, and the judge asked the 1st guy, "How did you do over the weekend?"

"Well, your honor, I persuaded 17 people to give up drugs forever."

"17 people? That's wonderful. What did you tell them?"

"I used a diagram, your honor. I drew two circles like this...

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And told them this (pointing to the big circle) is your brain before drugs and this (pointing to the small circle) is your brain after drugs."

"That's admirable," said the judge. "And you, how did you do?" (referring to the 2nd guy)

"Well, your honor I persuaded 156 people to give up drugs forever."

"156 people! That's amazing! How did you manage to do that!"

"Well, I used a similar approach. (drawing two circles)

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