Recreational Drug Abuse

Do you know a child who has or had a recreational drug addicted parent or legal guardian? Reporting and noticing signs of drug abuse should be an important thing a child is taught to do. Children can be neglected, abused, negatively influenced, and living in an unstable household if a parent or legal guardian is using drugs; because of this, children should be educated on how to notice and report guardian drug abuse. The first issue caused by parental drug use is abuse and neglect.

Recreational drugs can put a parent or guardian in an unusual state of mind, because of this children are being neglected or abused. Substance abusing parents often leave children home alone for long periods of time, this can cause a child to feel abandoned and

Investigators commonly link a parent's substance abuse to the likelihood of a child to develop similar drug problems later in their own lives (7). Although children can see that this recreational drug abuse hurts their parents, it is such a huge negative impact in their lives that it often affects them anyway. It is largely observed that those who grow up among drug abuse and criminal activities tend to stay “in the system.” (6) Research seems to show that there is a sort of recurring trend that shows that those who grow up around adults who make negative choices, make similar decisions. As a consequence, 50% of children are more likely to be arrested at a youthful age, and 40% are more likely to commit a violent crime (5). An insane number of prison inmates and rehab attendees revealed they had an upbringing with a form of abuse or neglect (6). Children may go to drugs as a way to cope with how they are treated. They want to escape from the situation their life is in and they believe that drugs can help them do this. This parental addiction can be a long-term problem that impacts a child’s life immensely. It can affect the child’s ability to finish school, get a job, and have a good, healthy life. (7) Preventing a child from joining this circle is just one reason to educate kids to report drug abuse, another reason is to get them out of a chaotic or messy