But ... better safe than sorry.

Has it messy? How does he eat? Lost? Corrected? What a strange excessive bouts of gluttony, is not characteristic of earlier. Or, conversely, a complete lack of appetite. What smells emanate from it? Tobacco, any herbs? (Herbs narcotic effect, in particular, marijuana, or cannabis, have an odor.) Should alert red eyes, unnaturally expanded or constricted pupils, facial expression (face like a frozen mask), poor coordination of movements, as if the child was drunk, although the smell of alcohol No, confusion, self-absorbed, or, conversely, superactive. When you see these symptoms be extremely careful: they are not always associated with drug use. But ... better safe than sorry. Find out the connection of the child. What are his friends - new and old, how they behave, what is the attitude your child to them? What do they do what they say? And then, I think a lot clearer for you, because drug use would inevitably affect the child's personality: it may be changing its spheres of intellectual, emotional, moral and ethical. And if you find a home rolled into a tube of paper, foil, small spoons, capsules, vials, unknown pills, powders, cigarettes in a pack of cigarettes out of or discover your child has signs of jabs, cuts and bruises, the delay can not be an urgent need to take action. A difficult conversation. Before its launch, it is better to consult a psychologist or psychiatrist. You can consult an anonymous helpline to contact the special counseling services. In no case, no attack on his son or daughter, not to aggravate the situation. The child should feel that you can trust .... If doubts remain, a final and unambiguous answer can be obtained using a rapid test (narkotesta). They are sold in pharmacies. Rapid test - a strip of paper which is placed in a jar of urine, the presence of drug traces the strip will change its color. The method is simple, anyone can use it at home. By the way, if you have concerns should immediately acquaint the child with the existence of such tests: let him know that you can always check. Explain that it is not distrust, but a manifestation of your responsibility for his fate, and health, but it certainly does not relieve him from responsibility, and attitude to yourself and your future. Conversation need to have a very delicately, without degrading the dignity of the child. Obviously, in every family there to do their own words, depending on the traditions, the psychological climate of relations. Some parents are afraid to send children on summer holiday - in the camp, a children's sanatorium, to the camp, in a campaign. It is not known that the company will pick up, and perhaps a counselor will provide for all? What can, or should I say, it is necessary in this case to take to protect the child? Yes, the danger is. We know that it is often just a first introduction to drugs started in an environment where there is no control by the parents.