drug abuse facts - parent need to know!

News of teens abusing drugs is not foreign again for us, but parents do not even think about why teens begin taking drugs, whether their parents also know what type of drug known children for the first time? And whether you will be aware of changes that occur when your child starts taking drugs?

According to the research the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), cause of teens take drugs is pressure from peers; use of alcohol and cigarettes in a family member also has the potential for children or teens taking drugs.

Most of teens know drug beginnings of marijuana, it can be seen from the statistics which was launched by NIDA, in 2009 more than 104 million American teens over the age of 12 have tried marijuana at least once, and even a month before the survey began, has nearly 17 million drug users.

Environment aspects of the school and the family was greatly affects teenagers who are growing mental instability which can lead them into negative things, in this case the Environment plays an important role to determine whether teens has the potential to taking drugs or not.

For that reason parents should be more careful to observe the changes that occur in children, a lot of changes that would occur if the teens had started taking drugs, consider the following characteristics as an effort to prevent early use of your kids on drugs.

In terms of academic, academic achievement of children's will tend to decrease when the kids have started to recognize drugs, will often skipped school and prefer to have fun with the garden in the comparison study in school, and usually they will more often make problems in school.

In terms of behavior, teen’s behavior will change in the school and outside school, usually the temperament of children will tend to be louder and more unruly, these behavioral changes can lead to adverse effects on the Environment around the school and outside school where the chances of commotion or criminality among teens will likely be increased.

In terms of family, drug users usually do not have good relationship with their families, and relationships with families are more likely to deteriorate, it is also followed in touch with friends that will get worse.

Affection from parents is needed for prevention first, but parents also need to learn and know more about how marijuana and other drugs work, because by knowing the workings of marijuana or drug then you will be easier to explain to your children about the dangers of drugs.