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the one thing we're seeing a lot of them trying to figure out is how to help our community understand the it's not me it couldn't happen what's the difference between adolescents and adults is that adolescents are willing to tolerate a much higher level of risk drugs and alcohol or something that is very natural for them to be curious about especially if they think that they're here's are also trying and exploring Peril of drugs and alcohol is that a course using most drugs compromises impulse control and judgment the main component when it comes to Karen's being able to help or support their their child is communication families need to strike a balance by ensuring that their regularly having conversation with their teenagers about what they know about drugs and alcohol what the  house rules are critically important that those families remember to also give their child to get out of jail free card that if they're ever with friends and someone is drinking her if they've been drinking or smoking they want to know that they can call their parents and you know it's not just necessarily and do you have to have a problem in order to be aware if you want to remember that there is actually developing for a child's future 5 alcohol at what's a 14 their risk of developing an alcohol use disorder may be four times higher than if they had had their first use of alcohol at the age of 18 working a lot of substances people think or either safe or that they got from a friend so it's okay one thing that's been popular for a while is a Phenergan with codeine cough syrup that usually brightly colored either purple or red into little bit then water to take an opioid everyday your body gets used to when you stop you develop withdrawal and Away works in your brain is that is that good feeling you I guess only last for a short. Of time and it eventually goes away and you'll find yourself using more so I can take it anywhere close to us first I think the tactics are a little different when parents are dealing with a child that may already be exposed are you there have a substance use dependency then with a child that may be exploring looking for those areas are those signs that will allow them to kind of figure out what their child might need and a lot of the times we do need to you know work with sneak that support from professionals Stress and Anxiety and fear and uncertainty and all the things that we all deal with if you learn how to deal with other than and reach out in Coop and and develop a mechanism for going on that doesn't involve a substance you actually learn how to handle them drugs and alcohol will make those mood disorders Works no matter what the goal is to be curious with your time and let them start talking about what may be what they've heard and to invite them to teach you

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