What are some of the signs of a teenager on drugs? Around here it is mostly pot an meth. What should I look for? Any suggestions that may have helped you? Thank you!!!
2006-08-28 12:28:13 · 5 answers · asked by skittles 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Personality changes, mood swings, forgetfull, dialated and/or glassy eyes.
2006-08-28 12:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by normy in garden city 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Symptoms of substance abuse include drastic drop in grades, sudden weight gain or weight loss, drastic changes in mood, reclusiveness, dark circles around eyes, runny nose, and money you can not account for missing.
THere are now over the counter instant drug tests which are 99% accurate. Meth will only stay in the system about 3 days, but pot stays in the system about a month. The drug test would be the best way to determine for sure. They are available in any major drug store chain.
2006-08-28 19:43:52 · answer #2 · answered by Alice S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drug abuse in teens is a very tricky thing to be 100% sure. Teens in this generation have been taught to grow up so fast it's not funny. There exposed to so many different drugs now that back when I was a kid I never heard of half of this crap. The high schools are loaded with drugs from what my teens have told me. I have a 16 year old boy and a 15 year old girl and to pick up on the both of them it was simple. There friends changed, behavior changed, they just weren't my kids any more. I very plain and simply asked both of them if they were smoking weed? My son was honest and said Yes mom and you know it makes me think better. Thinking better still doesn't make it legal. He was honest and he hasn't touched weed for 3 months. My daughter forget it, I knew something was up right away, when she was asked R U CRAZY, I WOULD NEVER TOUCH IT... Guess what the next day I did a drug test and it came out positive. Both kids know that by random I will do a drug test, but u know its all up to choices and there choices. Meth kills! Symptoms very easy. They live to get high, personality is totally different and they live each day for that high. They can stay up for days, very irritable, no appetite, loss of weight. If you know someone on Meth get them help right away.
2006-08-28 20:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by crazybeotch88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sudden personality change, change in sleep habits either too much or too little, change in appetite. Lack of care in appearance. New group of friends. Total apathy in things that were once interesting. Lack of ambition. Lack of concentration.
Edgy, nervous, high strung.
2006-08-28 19:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either smells like pot or never sleeps
2006-08-28 19:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋