The belief that a child is using drugs leads to a host of emotions for a parent. Most experts agree that parents shouldn't blame themselves. Drug use cuts across all economic, social and educational backgrounds. The belief that a child is using drugs leads to a host of emotions for a parent anger, guilt and a sense of failure among them. Most experts agree that parents shouldn't blame themselves.
Drug use cuts across all economic, social and educational backgrounds.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse conducts yearly surveys about drug use among students in eighth grade, 10th grade and 12th grade. In 1977, nearly 50 percent of 12th-graders had used marijuana at least once, up from 33 percent in 1992. An accumulation of negative behaviors is the best way to spot a child who may be using drugs. Now he holes up in his bedroom each night after dinner and stays out of sight until morning. Kids who use drugs want to hide the effects, the smell and the incriminating paraphernalia.