Stunned, Ray hung up. He felt like someone had punched him in the stomach. Listen carefully to your kid's conversations. Certain words and phrases may be clues that your child is into drugs - and which ones. Steroids may appeal to bodybuilders.
Prescription drugs are also widespread.
More than 1,000 household and commercial products are used as inhalants. A user gets high by breathing glues, gases and sprays through the nose or mouth. As a result, approximately 1,000 teens die every year. In a Partnership for a Drug-Free America poll, young people were asked about marijuana use. 44 percent of teen pot smokers said they did it to relax and 41 percent to forget their troubles.