Tips For Parents

• Establish family rules that make it clear that drug use will not be tolerated.
• Educate yourself about drugs, so you can talk informatively with your children and answer their questions.
• Spend time with your children listening to their concerns and showing how much you love and care for them.
• Recognize that YOU are their most important role model.
• Because peer pressure is a major factor in teen drug use, know your children's friends.
• Talk with other parents. Try to establish uniform rules that make access to drugs harder, such as curfew and the amount of spending money they receive.
• If a problem exists, get help! Don't say "Not my child!"
• Teach them about he many positive alternatives to drug use.