Substance Abuse Resources
Do you think your child is abusing drugs or alcohol?
Know the signs...
- heightened secrecy
- fishy-sounding excuses or outright lying
- difficulty thinking or keeping focus
- withdrawing from classroom participation
- resistance to discipline or feedback
- increased tardiness or absence
- paranoia, irritability, anxiety, fidgeting
- changes in mood or attitude
- significant weight loss or gain
- loss of interest in hobbies or activities
- decline in school performance
- abandonment of long-time peer group
- Adapted from Betty Ford Hazelden Foundation
E-Cigarette Information
Drug Facts about E-Cigarettes
Here are a few links to the websites that describe some of the popular electronic cigarettes. This information is shared so parents may know what to monitor.
Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance abuse can lead to serious problems such as poor schoolwork, loss of friends, problems at home, and lasting legal problems. Learn to recognize the signs.
Partnership for Drug Free Kids
Teen Drug Abuse Information
Youth and Tobacco Use
Smoking and smokeless tobacco are almost always initiated and established during adolescence and most are addicted by the age of 20. Twenty percent of high school students report having smoked a cigarette in the last month. Tobacco use during adolescence is associated with health risk behaviors such as the use of alcohol, the use of other drugs, and high-risk sexual behaviors.
Information from the CDC
Smokeless Tobacco Information
Support for Children of Alcoholics
Those hurt most by alcohol and drug abuse are the children of alcoholics and other drug dependent parents. One in four children in the US is exposed to alcohol or drug addiction in the family.
National Association for Children of Addiction
Suicide Hotline 1.800.784.2433 or 1.800.273.TALK