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Found drugs in room after a concert, what do?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 406259"><p>Welcome Robert. How old is your son? Is this the first time you have been suspicious of drug use?</p><p></p><p>I don't know if I have clear advice. My first thought is no matter what stay calm. You now know your son is using drugs... and that in fact he is doing more than smoking pot. Yes that is serious cause for worry.... but you don't know how far into it he is. If he is getting decent grades that is a good sign. How about his friendships, have they changed? How is he at home, does he still act like a easy child except for the drug use? </p><p></p><p>I think a lot of kids experiment and that in and of itself is cause for worry, but a lot of those kids do not get deeply into drugs. I think a kid who is getting deeply into drugs has a hard time keeping the rest of his life together, so grades go down, friendships change, hygiene and sleep patterns change etc.</p><p></p><p>So once again stay calm. Then I would pick a calm time to talk to him. Let him know your concerns and then depending on how he reacts go from there. Clearly there is a problem, but you don' t know yet how big the problem is.</p><p></p><p>I know with my son at the age of 15 he started smoking pot and got into fast and furious so that we got really scared because we knew at that point he would try anything. His grades dropped, he was cutting school, he was sleeping in the daytime and up all night.... at that point we intervened and sent him to a therapeutic school. He came back and did well for about a year and then things went really downhill again. Again the other things in his life started falling apart. </p><p></p><p>So I would look at the whole picture and not panic... but don't stick your head in the sand either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 406259"] Welcome Robert. How old is your son? Is this the first time you have been suspicious of drug use? I don't know if I have clear advice. My first thought is no matter what stay calm. You now know your son is using drugs... and that in fact he is doing more than smoking pot. Yes that is serious cause for worry.... but you don't know how far into it he is. If he is getting decent grades that is a good sign. How about his friendships, have they changed? How is he at home, does he still act like a easy child except for the drug use? I think a lot of kids experiment and that in and of itself is cause for worry, but a lot of those kids do not get deeply into drugs. I think a kid who is getting deeply into drugs has a hard time keeping the rest of his life together, so grades go down, friendships change, hygiene and sleep patterns change etc. So once again stay calm. Then I would pick a calm time to talk to him. Let him know your concerns and then depending on how he reacts go from there. Clearly there is a problem, but you don' t know yet how big the problem is. I know with my son at the age of 15 he started smoking pot and got into fast and furious so that we got really scared because we knew at that point he would try anything. His grades dropped, he was cutting school, he was sleeping in the daytime and up all night.... at that point we intervened and sent him to a therapeutic school. He came back and did well for about a year and then things went really downhill again. Again the other things in his life started falling apart. So I would look at the whole picture and not panic... but don't stick your head in the sand either. [/QUOTE]
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