Drugs

Partents: Do you think your teen uses drug ? Do they show the warning signs of a serious drug problem? Are you concerned that they might be under pressure to start using?

Teens: Do you occassionally smoke pot? Do you think you have a problem with drugs? Or are your parents off their nut thinking you've used drugs?

Parents and teens, use this post to discuss drug use and its impact (or lack of impact) on your life and future.

Parents, I used drugs when I was a teenager. I never thought it was a problem, but obviously my parents did. Like most parents they assumed it was the result of some deep lying psychological reason. I smoked weed because it was something to do. They thought that I hung out with the wrong type of friends. I knew that it was my idea just as often as it was theirs. Drugs played second fiddle to alcohol for me personally.

The main point is, my paerents were determined on one thing... I had to stop. I suppose I could have been the typical teenager and put up a huge fight and smoked behind their backs or dropped out of school and smoked my life away, but I made the decision to stop on my own. You can argue, punish and explain your teenager's highschool years away but ultimately the decision to stop has to be theirs. And parents... sometimes when your teen says they don't know why they do something. It means they don't know why! There isn't always a deep lying reason.

Alright! Teenagers now you can tell parents why you take drugs (or why your friend does) and explain that it isn't a big deal, or confess that it is. Here's a chance to talk to parents just like yours.

Parents, you can try to convince these teens why drugs are a big deal, or ask them why you think your teen takes drugs. Here's your chance to talk to teens just like yours.