Lock your liquor cabinet.
The most trusting parents are the ones who are the easiest to take advantage of.
Double check alarm systems.
Check their bedrooms.
Good places to look for drugs: under mattresses, under dressers, under cabinets, or even attached to the back of the drawers. Favorite place in their closet, inside pockets of clothes and jeans they never wore.
Look closely at your child.
To cover up the physical signs they are using drugs, They will pull hat down over eyes, put gum in mouth, and put Visine in his eyes to take away any redness. When they came home, they will avoid conversation by giving parents short yes or no answers.
Don't think your child is too young to be exposed to drugs.
Know who your child's friends are.
If a your teen won't bring their friends over to the house to hang out with the parents and get to know them a little better, they most likely have something to hide.
Consider where they get their drugs.
Teens usually start by getting their drugs through their friends, eventually building up a network of dealers whom they meet at a convenient location. Often getting drugs in parking lots such as fast-food restaurants, superstores, gas stations, and movie theaters.
Check your child's attendance record at school.
Skipping school to go get high. Leave early, arrive late, and sometimes not show up at all. Forge notes from mom, or steal passes from the school office.
Are you paying for your child's drugs?
Parents would give money to buy clothes or eat out, and they save that money to spend on drugs.
Check your child's vehicle after a Friday or Saturday night.
If they were smoking in their vehicle, you can usually smell a strange odor coming out of it. Check for small pieces of joints — green leaf-like particles or seeds on the floorboards or seats. Look for white pasty substances on CDs, CD cases, dashboards, pictures, or mirrors, that they might be doing drugs off of.
Look through their pockets, purses, wallets and backpacks.
Ask for permission, but if they're mad that you're looking through their stuff, it may be because they have something to hide.
Give your kids a random drug test.
Make sure it's after a weekend.
Look for signs.
When drug use takes a toll, you may notice a rapid loss of weight, paleness of the skin, discoloration, dark circles under the eyes, shaky hands, dropping grades, more absences from school than you know about, sudden mood changes, rise in anger at family members.
Develop an open, strong and trusting relationship with your child, one without judgment.
The best fence a parent can put around their child. Don't get angry with what your child comes to you and tells you, or the next time they won't share with you what's going on in their life. Give them advice and maybe they'll make a better choice in the future.
-Per Dr. Phil Show
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