hello hi yes this is officer davis the resource officer at the high school near the parish kevin smith yes this is she what is this regarding i'm sorry who is this again i'm a police officer a suspect your son is a junior correct yes he's sixteen is something wrong i'm afraid so i have reason to search his market this morning i found a bag of pills pills positively identified as oxy cotton there are also other opioid related drugs in his locker including coding s is safe he's down in custody at the police station for suspect this morning what happened was i received an anonymous report that kevin and some other students were under the influence kevin was taken out of class and he was brought to the school nurse her examination confirmed that he was using drugs so this is where i searched his locker and this is why we're in this situation what happens now well you can bill kevin and talk to an attorney concerning the charges you also need to speak to the superintendent about disciplinary action for kevin in the meantime i suggest you check your son's bedroom for any more signs of drug use it's all happening so fast i can't believe he's taking drugs i think i would have noticed mrs smith right now it's hard for you to deal with this but it is also the best possible time to nip this problem in the bud and make sure he is not involved with other drugs this is his first offense you don't want to get another call at this from me opioids are dangerous and often lethal you are going to call from the hospital someday down the road and that's a call you don't want to ever happen well i do thank you for your concern officer this is all so sudden as resource officer here at the school i see a lot of kids every day i've seen straight a students going down the tubes after they take up drugs and alcohol almost every parent is shocked to learn what their kids are up to in those situations ok and what else did you recommend i do now as i said my recommendation is to look in his room now because  he might try to hide evidence when he gets out where do i begin what should i look for if you like mr smith i can show you where to look a lot of things can be hidden in plain sight ok i'll call my husband and i'll have him go to the police station and get cabin but could you come here now because if he is involved and i'm not sure that he is i need to know now yes i can assist with i have your address i'll be right over thank you for coming officer dave is no problem that's why i'm here frankly officer i'm still very upset i have to take your word for it to kevin is involved but maybe he just got caught up in the wrong crowd and he's running with them and part of their mess but you came away over here so let's get it over with i appreciate your honesty mr smith and as you say there might not be much need to worry about but let's handle this problem now before it gets any bigger kevin's room is upstairs now what happens what do we do now let's start with the what is all this stuff this is what i was afraid of nancy he's messing around with more than the pills i caught him with today these are gummy bears soaked in vodka kids pop these in school all day long to get a buzz on and this this looks like an energy drink but it's actually an alcoholic beverage with caffeine and a very dangerous combination it's very popular with the kids had no idea he was drinking it is wrong forty one percent of young men and women in massachusetts ages fifteen to twenty used alcohol in the past month twenty six percent of young men and women ages fifteen to twenty were binge drinking in the last month not only that but this is another party favor here's more more rip cream i don't understand well it's called huffing what they do is they inhale the nitric oxide in the can to get high well they call it getting high but what it's doing is depriving oxygen to their brain which can cause neurological problems more than seven percent of teenagers from eighth grade to twelfth grade report using inhalants at least once why on earth would he do this i just don't get it i don't understand that's just way too much for me what we have here this is a prescription of oxycontin for george smith so your husband no no that's kevin's grandfather he recently had back surgery now i know why his pills will last kevin must have taken him from his medicine cabinet officer davis i don't know what to say kevin has been quieter than usual whately but we should have known you can't blame yourself twenty percent of twelfth graders in the us took prescription narcotics from a friend or relative there were three thousand eight hundred sixty two confirmed opioid related deaths in massachusetts in two thousand and fifteen and sixteen i had no idea to seems bad i know it seems bad right now nancy but i think we caught this at the right time kids hide much worse things right and plain sight nancy i have to go are you ok before i leave obviously i'm very upset but i will be ok thank you there's many ways to get help for kevin you do not have to handle this all by yourself it's a lot of information out there and a lot of people that care and want to help you if you or your family needs help contact mclean hospital division of child and adolescent psychiatry one fifteen mill street belmont one eight hundred three three three zero three three eight learn to cope support group for parents and families coping with a loved one who is addicted to opioids and other drugs five zero eight seven three eight fifty one forty eight right turn incorporated four forty arsenal street in watertown eight seven seven five five six one three eight seven