May 2011 - Ask me anything!
"Cannabis is destroying my teenage son's life."
"Our 19-year-old son had
always been an easy child to raise until recently. He got in with a
bad crowd when he left school and enrolled at a nearby college. We
thought the late nights and occasional moodiness were due to the
transition from school to a more informal atmosphere at college.
However, he became increasingly uncommunicative and downright
bad-tempered. Now he says he is hooked on cannabis and is in debt,
which is part of the reason why his very nice girlfriend left him.
He is distraught and wants things back to normal but we don't
know where to start, and I'm terrified that if it all comes out
it will ruin his future." Paula
DENISE SAYS: If your son wants to get free of
cannabis he can, but you will all need some support in order to do
this. Contact FRANK, the organisation especially
for drug users and their families, on 0800 77 66
00. They will answer all your questions about cannabis use
and its effects and point you in the direction of support and help.
Your son can talk to them too, and it's really important that
he does enter into whatever is arranged by the organisation of his
own accord.
He should also talk to his own doctor who should understand and
help. Many parents have gone through what you are going through
now, and with the proper kind of help you can sort this out and
consign the whole episode to history. I'm not necessarily
suggesting it will be easy or quick. There may be setbacks along
the way, but you will get there in the end, I promise, and life
will go back to normal.
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