Has anyone raised a teenager that they knew dabbled with class A drugs?

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No judgement from those with toddlers who would say that would kick him out and ground him.

Realistic responses from those who have been through it would be gratefully received.

15 year old (fifteen! Ffs) told me he had taken ecstasy recently.

Im gutted, worried, infuriated. I feel sick.

He's fifteen.

He's also 6'2" and solid (goes to the gym a lot) so I can ground him but the realistic thing is, if he wanted to walk out he could.

We have a really close relationship, we get on very well and he is generally a great, loving, funny amazing kid.

Wtf? I feel sick

Yes my nephews. They told their parents what they were taking. My sibling seemed fairly causal about it but as you say she could hardly ground them. She thought it better they try it in a safe place like their home town where everyone knows everyone than away at Uni in a huge nightclub or something. I think she did make them watch some videos about what go wrong and side effects.

My darling 17yo smokes too much weed and I more than suspect he'll have tried other things. He works really long hours in a part-time job, is paying for his own driving lessons and saving up for a car, and is also doing pretty well on his college course, so it's hard to berate him too much tbh. He's also over six foot and physically very mature. Grounding him would be preposterous and inappropriate - he's a young man. All I can do is worry, and talk to him a lot, and make sure he knows everything I can teach him about drugs and the effects they can have on his life and his brain development. The rest is up to him.

Yes the future job prospects worry me as well.

he posts stuff on social media, albeit to a small private group.

As much as I tell him that he has no fricking idea where it ends up after he posts it to the people he 'trusts' he still does it.

Its worrying and infuriating. If he has posted himself smoking weed, I've no doubt he has posted picture of eyes like saucers.

I'd talk to him about the effect ecstasy had on the kidneys. Makes you really thirsty and makes you stop making wee. Can make the brain swell up in a very scary way!

The absurdity is that MDMA is a class-A drug. Used responsibly it's very much safer than alcohol used irresponsibly. I would focus on making sure he's aware of proper harm reduction.

Unfortunately schools are like a tuck shop of various class a and b drugs. A few years ago we had a student in Year 13 selling drugs in school to Year 10s. It all kicked off as they took ecstasy whilst in school. Every year 10 class was visited and about 15 students were pulled out of class. They were all excluded for a fixed term, and most of them got passed this, however a couple of them were eventually permanently excluded.