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Crucial conversations: how to talk to your teen about drugs

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 20:22

Psychiatrist Dr Owen Bowden-Jones explains why starting discussions about drugs early can be crucial when it comes to educating your teens on the dangers of legal and illegal highs.

DISCOVERING your child is taking drugs is every parent's nightmare, and most would go to great lengths to ensure illegal substances – or even legal highs – are never part of their child's world.

But ongoing conversations about drugs with children, starting well before the age they're likely to first be offered them, may be all it takes to prevent experimentation.

THORNY ISSUE

Psychiatrist and addiction expert Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, who's written a book called The Drug Conversation to help parents navigate the thorny issue, explains:

"What I'm advocating is that parents have a conversation with their children around the age of 10 to 12 years, signposting them to good information, because there's so much misinformation out there.

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