Well, I doubt mine is, and that's probably because he's been so exposed to the subject (and I mean because I used to be a drug and alcohol worker, not because I used to roll spliffs in front of him) that I doubt he'll see it as a form of rebellion. I'm more worried he'll start wearing brown cardigans and try to elicit discussions of freshwater lake sediment levels.
But seriously. My recently published article Is my teenager taking drugs? on allaboutyou.com covers two of the topics I write about frequently (and am very familiar with): substance use and young people.
This particular feature has a slightly different slant than you would normally read though, looking at keeping a calm head and getting some perspective on the situation, rather than going in guns blazing when the chances are, things are not that bad and an overreaction will make it worse.
There are some useful contacts included for parents seeing support and advice.
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